From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 10:32:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: chcon: fix memory leak in error path
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chcon: fix memory leak in error path

* src/chcon.c (change_file_context): If compute_context_from_mask fails,
free the previously allocated file_context.
Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/79780
---

diff --git a/src/chcon.c b/src/chcon.c
index f118820ccd..5f13c7d757 100644
--- a/src/chcon.c
+++ b/src/chcon.c
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ change_file_context (int fd, char const *file)
         }
 
       if (compute_context_from_mask (file_context, &context))
-        return 1;
+        {
+          freecon (file_context);
+          return 1;
+        }
 
       context_string = context_str (context);
     }