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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/sshsig.c,v
retrieving revision 1.14
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- src/usr.bin/ssh/sshsig.c	2020/03/06 18:27:50	1.14
+++ src/usr.bin/ssh/sshsig.c	2020/03/06 18:28:50	1.15
@@ -879,8 +879,10 @@
 	oprincipals = principals = *principalsp;
 	*principalsp = NULL;
 
-	if ((nprincipals = sshbuf_new()) == NULL)
-		return SSH_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL;
+	if ((nprincipals = sshbuf_new()) == NULL) {
+		r = SSH_ERR_ALLOC_FAIL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	while ((cp = strsep(&principals, ",")) != NULL && *cp != '\0') {
 		if (strcspn(cp, "!?*") != strlen(cp)) {