From 8bca8af23ec54771fc2d836f78d555c8a965934c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 02:58:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Close socket when connect fails. Possibly related to #1245

---
 nselib/comm.lua | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/nselib/comm.lua b/nselib/comm.lua
index 426862fb8..4115f0df7 100644
--- a/nselib/comm.lua
+++ b/nselib/comm.lua
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ local setup_connect = function(host, port, opts)
   local status, err = sock:connect(host, port, opts.proto)
 
   if not status then
+    sock:close()
     return status, err
   end