From a466cdb832186a4d3219b44a3ec2c963dd861be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thirunarayanan Balathandayuthapani <thiru@mariadb.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:19:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] MDEV-38942: Fix memory leak in dict_sys_tables_rec_read()

- Free the heap before returning READ_NOT_FOUND for a
delete-marked SYS_TABLES record.
---
 storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
index a52e393d516..3b4241af2e2 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
@@ -697,6 +697,9 @@ dict_sys_tables_rec_read(
 	if (rec_get_deleted_flag(rec, 0)) {
 		ut_ad(id);
 		if (trx_id) {
+			if (heap) {
+				mem_heap_free(heap);
+			}
 			return READ_NOT_FOUND;
 		}
 	}