From e238855fa744ed00e431fa996f30bab85d19fc87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:04:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] DHCP: free the state when dropping on state NONE

Fixes an issue when dhcpcd tries to release when the carrier
is down.

Fixes #560
---
 src/dhcp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/dhcp.c b/src/dhcp.c
index cd9178ad..53f5435c 100644
--- a/src/dhcp.c
+++ b/src/dhcp.c
@@ -2921,6 +2921,7 @@ dhcp_drop(struct interface *ifp, const char *reason)
 	 * but we do have a timeout, so punt it. */
 	if (state == NULL || state->state == DHS_NONE) {
 		eloop_timeout_delete(ifp->ctx->eloop, NULL, ifp);
+		dhcp_free(ifp);
 		dhcpcd_dropped(ifp);
 		return;
 	}