# V611. Memory allocation and deallocation methods are incompatible.

The analyzer has detected a potential error: memory is allocated and released through incompatible methods.

For example, the analyzer will warn you if memory is allocated through the 'new' operator and released through the 'free' function.

Consider an example of incorrect code:

    int *p = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * N);
    ...
    ...
    delete [] p;

This is the fixed code:

    int *p = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * N);
    ...
    ...
    free(p);

This diagnostic is classified as:

CWE-590 CWE-762 CERT-MEM51-CPP

You can look at examples of errors detected by the V611 diagnostic.