diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePath.c b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePath.c
index 76b8553b71..9185b89e35 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePath.c
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePath.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/** @file
Definition for Device Path Tool.
-Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2017 - 2018, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
This program and the accompanying materials
are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -190,5 +190,6 @@ int main(int argc, CHAR8 *argv[])
}
PrintMem (DevicePath, DevicePath->Length[0] | DevicePath->Length[1] << 8);
putchar('\n');
+ free(Str16);
return STATUS_SUCCESS;
}
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePathFromText.c b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePathFromText.c
index 3d2f5a811c..776cf051b0 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePathFromText.c
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/C/DevicePath/DevicePathFromText.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/** @file
DevicePathFromText protocol as defined in the UEFI 2.0 specification.
-Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2017 - 2018, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
This program and the accompanying materials
are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -3277,6 +3277,17 @@ UefiDevicePathLibConvertTextToDeviceNode (
//
FromText = DevPathFromTextFilePath;
DeviceNode = FromText (DeviceNodeStr);
+ //
+ // According to above logic, if 'FromText' is NULL in the 'if' statement,
+ // then 'ParamStr' must be NULL as well. No memory allocation has been made
+ // in this case.
+ //
+ // The below check is for addressing a false positive potential memory leak
+ // issue raised from static analysis.
+ //
+ if (ParamStr != NULL) {
+ free (ParamStr);
+ }
} else {
DeviceNode = FromText (ParamStr);
free (ParamStr);