free the interface list before returning from the function
host, NI_MAXHOST, NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
if (!strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, iface) &&
(ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == sa_family)) {
host, NI_MAXHOST, NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
if (!strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, iface) &&
(ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == sa_family)) {
if (s != 0) {
warn("getnameinfo: %s", gai_strerror(s));
return NULL;
if (s != 0) {
warn("getnameinfo: %s", gai_strerror(s));
return NULL;