From 1ae81bd84cbf998cdd03a118e881668ce5a23cf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Schemel <info@artsoft.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 22:55:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug that may lead to free()ing static memory

---
 src/libgame/misc.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libgame/misc.c b/src/libgame/misc.c
index 72e4f051..3ff1f8aa 100644
--- a/src/libgame/misc.c
+++ b/src/libgame/misc.c
@@ -682,10 +682,16 @@ char *getBasePath(char *filename)
   char *basepath = getStringCopy(filename);
   char *last_separator = getLastPathSeparatorPtr(basepath);
 
-  if (last_separator != NULL)
-    *last_separator = '\0';	/* separator found: strip basename */
-  else
-    basepath = ".";		/* no separator found: use current path */
+  /* if no separator was found, use current directory */
+  if (last_separator == NULL)
+  {
+    free(basepath);
+
+    return getStringCopy(".");
+  }
+
+  /* separator found: strip basename */
+  *last_separator = '\0';
 
   return basepath;
 }
-- 
2.34.1