2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 48625bbf285..571979ea132 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-06-22  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+        don't leak an XBM-image-sized buffer
+        * image.c (xbm_load): Free the image buffer after using it.
+
 2011-06-21  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Port to Sun C.
diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 495bfdc0eef..802568101ea 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -2829,6 +2829,7 @@ xbm_load (struct frame *f, struct image *img)
         }
 
       success_p = xbm_load_image (f, img, contents, contents + size);
+      xfree (contents);
     }
   else
     {