From ac4e02c5030c05d71b20127a7118b0a0fc3c1c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:10:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] imap-send: fix memory leak in case auth_cram_md5 fails

This patch fixes a memory leak by running free(response) in case
auth_cram_md5 fails.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Garg <gargaditya08@live.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 imap-send.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/imap-send.c b/imap-send.c
index 37f94a37e8..1a582c8443 100644
--- a/imap-send.c
+++ b/imap-send.c
@@ -905,8 +905,10 @@ static int auth_cram_md5(struct imap_store *ctx, const char *prompt)
 	response = cram(prompt, ctx->cfg->user, ctx->cfg->pass);
 
 	ret = socket_write(&ctx->imap->buf.sock, response, strlen(response));
-	if (ret != strlen(response))
+	if (ret != strlen(response)) {
+		free(response);
 		return error("IMAP error: sending response failed");
+	}
 
 	free(response);