Initialize socket before trying to connect HTTP endpoint

Author: kala13x

src/net/http.c

@@ -1010,6 +1010,8 @@ xhttp_status_t XHTTP_Exchange(xhttp_t *pRequest, xhttp_t *pResponse, xsock_t *pS
 
 xhttp_status_t XHTTP_Connect(xhttp_t *pHttp, xsock_t *pSock, xlink_t *pLink)
 {
+    XSock_Init(pSock, XSTDNON, XSOCK_INVALID);
+
     if (!xstrused(pLink->sProtocol)) xstrncpy(pLink->sProtocol, sizeof(pLink->sProtocol), "http");
     if (strncmp(pLink->sProtocol, "http", 4)) return XHTTP_StatusCb(pHttp, XHTTP_ERRPROTO);
 

src/net/sock.c

@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ XSTATUS XSock_Init(xsock_t *pSock, uint32_t nFlags, XSOCKET nFD)
 void XSock_Close(xsock_t *pSock)
 {
  #ifdef XSOCK_USE_SSL
-    if (pSock->pPrivate != NULL)
+    if (pSock && pSock->pPrivate != NULL)
     {
         xsock_priv_t *pPriv = (xsock_priv_t*)pSock->pPrivate;
         SSL *pSSL = (SSL*)pPriv->pSSL;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ void XSock_Close(xsock_t *pSock)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (pSock->nFD != XSOCK_INVALID)
+    if (pSock && pSock->nFD != XSOCK_INVALID)
     {
         shutdown(pSock->nFD, XSHUT_RDWR);
         xclosesock(pSock->nFD);

src/xver.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #define XUTILS_VERSION_MAX      2
 #define XUTILS_VERSION_MIN      7
-#define XUTILS_BUILD_NUMBER     7
+#define XUTILS_BUILD_NUMBER     8
 #define XUTILS_BUILD_DATE       "05Oct2025"
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus