Fix: possible memory leak detected via ccc-analyzer

Move memory allocation inside 'if' block and avoid memory leak Bug Summary File: nasl/nasl_crypto2.c Warning: line 1919, column 3 Potential leak of memory pointed to by 'auth'
greenbone · Oct 21, 2022 · e3fef97 · e3fef97
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commit e3fef97
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/nasl/nasl_crypto2.c b/nasl/nasl_crypto2.c
@@ -1885,10 +1885,12 @@ crypt_data (lex_ctxt *lexic, int cipher, int mode, int flags)
           return NULL;
         }
     }
-  authlen = 16;
-  auth = g_malloc0 (authlen);
+
   if (flags & NASL_AAD)
     {
+      authlen = 16;
+      auth = g_malloc0 (authlen);
+
       if ((error = gcry_cipher_gettag (hd, auth, authlen)))
         {
           g_message ("gcry_cipher_gettag: %s", gcry_strerror (error));