core: fix potential double free in ta_open() #1970
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ta_open() relies on the local variable shdr to be NULL unless it's a valid
pointer. alloc_and_copy_shdr() can in one code path update shdr and then
free it before returning.
The fix is in alloc_and_copy_shdr() to only set the returned shdr once
the pointer is to be returned.
Fixes: #1968
Signed-off-by: Jens Wiklander [email protected]