https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118498
David Malcolm <dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |WORKSFORME Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #6 from David Malcolm <dmalcolm at gcc dot gnu.org> --- -fanalyzer deliberately doesn't warn about memory leaks within "main": https://godbolt.org/z/94ch4T1Ke given that once you exit main, leaks don't matter. Renaming the function to "not_main" shows it complain correctly about the leak: https://godbolt.org/z/d4GM3EdKr