1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 4747a23..8659d72 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -6719,6 +6719,7 @@ socket_getaddrinfo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject* kwargs)
     error = getaddrinfo(hptr, pptr, &hints, &res0);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
     if (error) {
+        res0 = NULL;  /* avoid unexpected free if res0 becomes not NULL */
         set_gaierror(error);
         goto err;
     }
@@ -6815,6 +6816,7 @@ socket_getnameinfo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     error = getaddrinfo(hostp, pbuf, &hints, &res);
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
     if (error) {
+        res = NULL;  /* avoid unexpected free if res becomes not NULL */
         set_gaierror(error);
         goto fail;
     }