Thread: How to correct the problem?

In Linux, I have following instructions from main() function:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
char* testFn1(const char* sampleString)
{

}

int main()
{
             char *inputString, *outString;
             inputString = malloc(13*sizeof(char));   //line number 41
            inputString = "Sample Input";
              outString = testFn1(inputString);
            free(inputString);
}

When I run this program in valgrind to check the memory leaks, it reports as follows:
==22554== 1 errors in context 1 of 1:
==22554== Invalid free() / delete / delete[]
==22554== at 0x4004EFA: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:235)
==22554== by 0x80486C5: main (ex54.c:50)
==22554== Address 0x80488CD is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
--22554--
--22554-- supp: 12 Ubuntu-stripped-ld.so
==22554==
==22554== IN SUMMARY: 1 errors from 1 contexts (suppressed: 12 from 1)
==22554==
==22554== malloc/free: in use at exit: 13 bytes in 1 blocks.
==22554== malloc/free: 3 allocs, 3 frees, 32 bytes allocated.
==22554==
==22554== searching for pointers to 1 not-freed blocks.
==22554== checked 47,188 bytes.
==22554==
==22554==
==22554== 13 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 1
==22554== at 0x4004405: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:149)
==22554== by 0x8048660: main (ex54.c:41)
==22554==
==22554== LEAK SUMMARY:
==22554== definitely lost: 13 bytes in 1 blocks.
==22554== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==22554== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==22554== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
--22554-- memcheck: sanity checks: 0 cheap, 1 expensive

I don't understand why the malloc and free of inputString are reported as problematic. What is wrong in those statements. How to correct them?

Thanks Vart,

After using strcpy, that memory leak is not happening.