bugfix in tixiRenameElement

DLR-SC · Jun 29, 2018 · 6f60e62 · 6f60e62
1 parent bbee05a
commit 6f60e62
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/tixiImpl.c b/src/tixiImpl.c
@@ -1657,6 +1657,7 @@ DLL_EXPORT ReturnCode tixiRenameElement(const TixiDocumentHandle handle,
                                         const char* oldName,
                                         const char* newName)
 {
+    char* elementPath = (char*) malloc( sizeof(char) *( strlen(parentPath) + strlen(oldName) + 2 ) );
     xmlNodePtr parent = NULL;
     xmlNodePtr element = NULL;
     int retVal = 0;
@@ -1670,12 +1671,12 @@ DLL_EXPORT ReturnCode tixiRenameElement(const TixiDocumentHandle handle,
       return INVALID_XPATH;
     }
 
-    char* elementPath = (char*) malloc( sizeof(char) *( strlen(parentPath) + strlen(oldName) + 2 ) );
     elementPath[0] = '\0';
     strcat(elementPath, parentPath);
     strcat(elementPath, "/");
     strcat(elementPath, oldName);
     retVal = getNodePtrFromElementPath(handle, elementPath, &element);
+    free(elementPath);
     if (retVal != SUCCESS) {
         return retVal;
     }