[krbdev.mit.edu #9210] git commit

"Greg Hudson via RT" <[email protected]> Wed, 27 May 2026 18:53:06 -0400
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Wed May 27 18:53:05 2026: Request 9210 was acted upon.
 Transaction: Ticket created by [email protected]
       Queue: krb5
     Subject: git commit
       Owner: [email protected]
  Requestors: 
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9210 >



Avoid asymmetric WSACleanup() in libkrb5

In k5_os_init_context(), call WSAStartup() before doing anything else.
Otherwise, a failure to read or parse krb5.conf could cause an
asymmetric call to WSACleanup() in k5_os_free_context().  Reported by
Zvika Meiseles.

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/acf38f87c07f873c13ec2f51442519e16f1c3512
Author: Greg Hudson <[email protected]>
Commit: acf38f87c07f873c13ec2f51442519e16f1c3512
Branch: master
 src/lib/krb5/os/init_os_ctx.c | 13 ++++---------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)