Fix a memory leak if parent directory creation failed.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/make_directory.c b/libbb/make_directory.c
index 0a9d7b160..7b7fde911 100644
--- a/libbb/make_directory.c
+++ b/libbb/make_directory.c
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ int make_directory (char *path, long mode, int flags)
 		struct stat st;
 
 		if (stat (path, &st) < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
+			int status;
 			char *parent = dirname (path);
 			mode_t mask = umask (0);
 			umask (mask);
 
-			if (make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
-						FILEUTILS_RECUR) < 0)
-				return -1;
+			status = make_directory (parent, (0777 & ~mask) | 0300,
+					FILEUTILS_RECUR);
 			free (parent);
 
-			if (make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
+			if (status < 0 || make_directory (path, mode, 0) < 0)
 				return -1;
 		}
 	}