From f2441a17c8b5f4be1aad786e7c930dc0ee89216c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omar Ibrahim <101708426+omaribrahimsaad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:21:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [rcore][desktop] Fix clipboard image memory leak (GLFW, RGFW)
 (#6103)

---
 src/platforms/rcore_desktop_glfw.c | 7 ++++++-
 src/platforms/rcore_desktop_rgfw.c | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_glfw.c b/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_glfw.c
index 5a6c2de2e..795820181 100644
--- a/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_glfw.c
+++ b/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_glfw.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,12 @@ Image GetClipboardImage(void)
     bmpData = (void *)Win32GetClipboardImageData(&width, &height, &dataSize);
 
     if (bmpData == NULL) TRACELOG(LOG_WARNING, "Clipboard image: Couldn't get clipboard data.");
-    else image = LoadImageFromMemory(".bmp", (const unsigned char *)bmpData, (int)dataSize);
+    else
+    {
+        image = LoadImageFromMemory(".bmp", (const unsigned char *)bmpData, (int)dataSize);
+
+        RL_FREE(bmpData);
+    }
 
 #elif defined(__linux__) && defined(_GLFW_X11)
     // REF: https://github.com/ColleagueRiley/Clipboard-Copy-Paste/blob/main/x11.c
diff --git a/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_rgfw.c b/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_rgfw.c
index 34d70414e..ceacf5327 100644
--- a/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_rgfw.c
+++ b/src/platforms/rcore_desktop_rgfw.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,12 @@ Image GetClipboardImage(void)
     fileData = (void *)Win32GetClipboardImageData(&width, &height, &dataSize);
 
     if (fileData == NULL) TRACELOG(LOG_WARNING, "Clipboard image: Couldn't get clipboard data");
-    else image = LoadImageFromMemory(".bmp", (const unsigned char *)fileData, (int)dataSize);
+    else
+    {
+        image = LoadImageFromMemory(".bmp", (const unsigned char *)fileData, (int)dataSize);
+
+        RL_FREE(fileData);
+    }
 
 #elif defined(__linux__) && defined(DRGFW_X11)