From 53ae37088c25099cd538b1ccaab929d3c5f8d9b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kaufmann Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 00:06:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3: user must not free the list prematurely The connect-to list isn't copied so as long as the handle may be used for a transfer the list must be valid. Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/819 Reported-by: Michael Kaufmann --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3 index 8c59cfbd4..302502143 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO.3 @@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ port, the HTTP proxy is automatically switched to tunnel mode for this specific request. This is necessary because it is not possible to connect to a specific host or port in normal (non-tunnel) mode. +When this option is passed to \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP, libcurl will not copy +the entire list so you \fBmust\fP keep it around until you no longer use this +\fIhandle\fP for a transfer before you call \fIcurl_slist_free_all(3)\fP on +the list. + .SH DEFAULT NULL .SH PROTOCOLS