From bf99eecfa81d109830005d052f5934a2e467349b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miod Vallat <miod.vallat@powerdns.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:33:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Be sure to not leak a socket if tcpConnectionHandler()
 throws.

Fixes: #16365

Signed-off-by: Miod Vallat <miod.vallat@powerdns.com>
---
 pdns/dumresp.cc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pdns/dumresp.cc b/pdns/dumresp.cc
index 96565a025e..225d8f4c7d 100644
--- a/pdns/dumresp.cc
+++ b/pdns/dumresp.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ try
 }
 catch(const std::exception& e) {
   cerr<<"TCP connection handler got an exception: "<<e.what()<<endl;
+  close(sock);
 }
 
 static void tcpAcceptor(const ComboAddress local)
-- 
2.47.3