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diff --git a/elf/dlerror.c b/elf/dlerror.c
index 4ec5037de4..663207d708 100644
--- a/elf/dlerror.c
+++ b/elf/dlerror.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* dlerror -- Return error detail for failing <dlfcn.h> functions.
-Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ dlerror (void)
? NULL : buf);
/* Reset the error indicator. */
+ free (last_errstring);
last_errstring = NULL;
return ret;
}
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ dlerror (void)
int
_dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void))
{
+ if (last_errstring != NULL)
+ /* Free the error string from the last failed command. This can
+ happen if `dlerror' was not run after an error was found. */
+ free (last_errstring);
+
last_errcode = _dl_catch_error (&last_errstring, &last_object_name,
operate);
return last_errstring != NULL;