From d5f58a14470e101eda0a19d5f773c07846974026 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Slay <davidslay1@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:49:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(esp_https_server): SSL context leak when HTTPS server
 fails to start

---
 components/esp_https_server/src/https_server.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/esp_https_server/src/https_server.c b/components/esp_https_server/src/https_server.c
index ea94b3127a..865560777d 100644
--- a/components/esp_https_server/src/https_server.c
+++ b/components/esp_https_server/src/https_server.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -448,8 +448,9 @@ esp_err_t httpd_ssl_start(httpd_handle_t *pHandle, struct httpd_ssl_config *conf
 
     ret = httpd_start(&handle, &config->httpd);
     if (ret != ESP_OK) {
-        free(ssl_ctx);
-        ssl_ctx = NULL;
+        if (ssl_ctx) {
+            free_secure_context(ssl_ctx);
+        }
         return ret;
     }