From 8e575c268b394c043607d9f0d9233745538e2887 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ShubhamDesai <42180509+ShubhamDesai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:56:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] v.to.rast: Fix Resource Leak issue in do_areas.c (#4957)

* Fix Resource Leak issue

* Suggested changes
---
 vector/v.to.rast/do_areas.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vector/v.to.rast/do_areas.c b/vector/v.to.rast/do_areas.c
index c3be7f5c18d..413ab8346d4 100644
--- a/vector/v.to.rast/do_areas.c
+++ b/vector/v.to.rast/do_areas.c
@@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ int sort_areas(struct Map_info *Map, struct line_pnts *Points, int field,
     CELL cat;
 
     G_begin_polygon_area_calculations();
-    Cats = Vect_new_cats_struct();
 
     /* first count valid areas */
     nareas = Vect_get_num_areas(Map);
     if (nareas == 0)
         return 0;
 
+    Cats = Vect_new_cats_struct();
+
     /* allocate list to hold valid area info */
     list = (struct list *)G_calloc(nareas * sizeof(char), sizeof(struct list));
 
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ int sort_areas(struct Map_info *Map, struct line_pnts *Points, int field,
         /* sort the list by size */
         qsort(list, nareas * sizeof(char), sizeof(struct list), compare);
     }
+    Vect_destroy_cats_struct(Cats);
 
     return nareas_selected;
 }