From f25a807a7d5d96053c7990fc7178f6a133ecb7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dexter Gerig <dexgerig@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:45:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] asyn-ares: fix memory leak

Closes #16107
---
 lib/asyn-ares.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/asyn-ares.c b/lib/asyn-ares.c
index fe2b800f25..44e009b11d 100644
--- a/lib/asyn-ares.c
+++ b/lib/asyn-ares.c
@@ -435,8 +435,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_resolver_is_resolved(struct Curl_easy *data,
         struct Curl_https_rrinfo *lhrr =
           Curl_memdup(&res->hinfo, sizeof(struct Curl_https_rrinfo));
         if(!lhrr)
-          return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-        (*dns)->hinfo = lhrr;
+          result = CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        else
+          (*dns)->hinfo = lhrr;
       }
 #endif
     }