From f63d8984bd991887d3add26bbe0c0cd9c8b865f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akanksha Trehun <akankshatrehun@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:11:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(acl): prevent NULL pointer dereference on malformed
 selector in ACL file

Signed-off-by: Akanksha Trehun <akankshatrehun@gmail.com>
---
 src/acl.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/acl.c b/src/acl.c
index 4e60fec8866..8298cff3051 100644
--- a/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/acl.c
@@ -2580,6 +2580,8 @@ static sds ACLLoadFromFile(const char *filename) {
         if (!acl_args) {
             errors = sdscatprintf(errors, "%s:%d: Unmatched parenthesis in selector definition.", server.acl_filename,
                                   linenum);
+            sdsfreesplitres(argv, argc);
+            continue;
         }
 
         int syntax_error = 0;