From 973bbdfea4c1adbd8c0558914d191d513010ac3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikhil Goyal <nikhil.goyal@techizen.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:45:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): prevent memory leak in py_execo error path

---
 src/public/CodeExecution.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/public/CodeExecution.c b/src/public/CodeExecution.c
index ada8b22b..c0b25153 100644
--- a/src/public/CodeExecution.c
+++ b/src/public/CodeExecution.c
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ bool py_execo(const void* data, int size, const char* filename, py_Ref module) {
         CodeObject__dtor(&co);
         return ok;
     } else {
-        return RuntimeError("bad code object %s: %s", filename, err);
+        bool ok = RuntimeError("bad code object %s: %s", filename, err);
+        PK_FREE(err);
+        return ok;
     }
 }