From: Li Qiang The 'fs.xattr.value' field in V9fsFidState object doesn't consider the situation that this field has been allocated previously. Every time, it will be allocated directly. This leads a host memory leak issue. This patch fix this. -- 1.8.3.1 diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c index 75ba5f1..a4c7109 100644 --- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c +++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c @@ -3269,6 +3269,7 @@ static void v9fs_xattrcreate(void *opaque) xattr_fidp->fs.xattr.flags = flags; v9fs_string_init(&xattr_fidp->fs.xattr.name); v9fs_string_copy(&xattr_fidp->fs.xattr.name, &name); + g_free(xattr_fidp->fs.xattr.value); xattr_fidp->fs.xattr.value = g_malloc(size); err = offset; put_fid(pdu, file_fidp);