From 0efc8118d3f06104a3006b888f84f1ff1ef62b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kareem <kareem@wolfssl.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:39:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix potential memory leak in wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert.

---
 src/x509_str.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/x509_str.c b/src/x509_str.c
index f10281397bf..71b56bc6f69 100644
--- a/src/x509_str.c
+++ b/src/x509_str.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ int wolfSSL_X509_verify_cert(WOLFSSL_X509_STORE_CTX* ctx)
 
     failedCerts = wolfSSL_sk_X509_new_null();
     if (!failedCerts)
-        return WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR;
+        goto exit;
 
     if (ctx->depth > 0) {
         depth = ctx->depth + 1;