What happens when you try to free() already freed memory in c?

Question

For example:

char * myString = malloc(sizeof(char)*STRING_BUFFER_SIZE);
free(myString);
free(myString);

Are there any adverse side effects

Answer 1

Another interesting situation:

char * myString = malloc(sizeof(char)*STRING_BUFFER_SIZE);
char * yourString = myString;

if (myString)
{
    free(myString);
    myString = NULL;
}
// Now this one is safe, because we keep to the rule for 
// setting pointers to NULL after deletion ...
if (myString)
{
    free(myString);
    myString = NULL;
}

// But what about this one:
if (yourString)
{
    free(yourString);
    yourString = NULL;
}

//?!? :)