diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/XML.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/XML.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/XML.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/XML.h
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 
   XMLNode GetChild() const;
 
-  llvm::StringRef GetAttributeValue(const char *name,
-                                    const char *fail_value = nullptr) const;
+  std::string GetAttributeValue(const char *name,
+                                const char *fail_value = nullptr) const;
 
   bool GetAttributeValueAsUnsigned(const char *name, uint64_t &value,
                                    uint64_t fail_value = 0, int base = 0) const;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/XML.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/XML.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/XML.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/XML.cpp
@@ -130,22 +130,25 @@
 #endif
 }
 
-llvm::StringRef XMLNode::GetAttributeValue(const char *name,
-                                           const char *fail_value) const {
-  const char *attr_value = nullptr;
+std::string XMLNode::GetAttributeValue(const char *name,
+                                       const char *fail_value) const {
+  std::string attr_value;
 #if LLDB_ENABLE_LIBXML2
-
-  if (IsValid())
-    attr_value = (const char *)xmlGetProp(m_node, (const xmlChar *)name);
-  else
-    attr_value = fail_value;
+  if (IsValid()) {
+    xmlChar *value = xmlGetProp(m_node, (const xmlChar *)name);
+    if (value) {
+      attr_value = (const char *)value;
+      xmlFree(value);
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (fail_value)
+      attr_value = fail_value;
+  }
 #else
-  attr_value = fail_value;
+  if (fail_value)
+    attr_value = fail_value;
 #endif
-  if (attr_value)
-    return llvm::StringRef(attr_value);
-  else
-    return llvm::StringRef();
+  return attr_value;
 }
 
 bool XMLNode::GetAttributeValueAsUnsigned(const char *name, uint64_t &value,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
@@ -4351,9 +4351,9 @@
         } else if (name == "osabi") {
           node.GetElementText(target_info.osabi);
         } else if (name == "xi:include" || name == "include") {
-          llvm::StringRef href = node.GetAttributeValue("href");
+          std::string href = node.GetAttributeValue("href");
           if (!href.empty())
-            target_info.includes.push_back(href.str());
+            target_info.includes.push_back(href);
         } else if (name == "feature") {
           feature_nodes.push_back(node);
         } else if (name == "groups") {
@@ -4392,9 +4392,9 @@
                                         const XMLNode &node) -> bool {
           llvm::StringRef name = node.GetName();
           if (name == "xi:include" || name == "include") {
-            llvm::StringRef href = node.GetAttributeValue("href");
+            std::string href = node.GetAttributeValue("href");
             if (!href.empty())
-              target_info.includes.push_back(href.str());
+              target_info.includes.push_back(href);
             }
             return true;
           });
@@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@
           "Error finding library-list-svr4 xml element");
 
     // main link map structure
-    llvm::StringRef main_lm = root_element.GetAttributeValue("main-lm");
+    std::string main_lm = root_element.GetAttributeValue("main-lm");
     // FIXME: we're silently ignoring invalid data here
     if (!main_lm.empty())
       llvm::to_integer(main_lm, list.m_link_map);
@@ -4618,15 +4618,15 @@
         "library", [log, &list](const XMLNode &library) -> bool {
           LoadedModuleInfoList::LoadedModuleInfo module;
 
-          llvm::StringRef name = library.GetAttributeValue("name");
-          module.set_name(name.str());
+          std::string name = library.GetAttributeValue("name");
+          module.set_name(name);
 
           // The base address of a given library will be the address of its
           // first section. Most remotes send only one section for Windows
           // targets for example.
           const XMLNode &section =
               library.FindFirstChildElementWithName("section");
-          llvm::StringRef address = section.GetAttributeValue("address");
+          std::string address = section.GetAttributeValue("address");
           uint64_t address_value = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS;
           llvm::to_integer(address, address_value);
           module.set_base(address_value);