$ valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full ./main_c ==31416== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==31416== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==31416== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==31416== Command: ./main_c ==31416== ==31416== ==31416== HEAP SUMMARY: ==31416== in use at exit: 4 bytes in 1 blocks ==31416== total heap usage: 1 allocs, 0 frees, 4 bytes allocated ==31416== ==31416== 4 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 1 ==31416== at 0x4C2DBF6: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299) ==31416== by 0x400537: main (main.c:5) ==31416== ==31416== LEAK SUMMARY: ==31416== definitely lost: 4 bytes in 1 blocks ==31416== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==31416== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==31416== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==31416== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==31416== ==31416== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==31416== ERROR SUMMARY: 1 errors from 1 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)