diff --git a/authd.c b/authd.c
index a2072de..07c6f0d 100644
--- a/authd.c
+++ b/authd.c
@@ -539,7 +538,9 @@ static char *get_created_tok_addr(const char *peer_addr_hex) {
             }
             // hex addr must have even number of digits
             if ((int) z & 1) {
-                errno = EINVAL; return NULL;
+                free(addr);
+                errno = EINVAL;
+                return NULL;
             }
             while (z > 1) {
                 unsigned long ul; char *endptr;
@@ -548,7 +549,9 @@ static char *get_created_tok_addr(const char *peer_addr_hex) {
                 addr_hex[z] = '\0'; z -= HEX_DIG;
                 ul = strtoul(addr_hex + z, &endptr, 16);
                 if (is_bad_strto(addr_hex + z, endptr)) {
-                    errno = EINVAL; return NULL;
+                    free(addr); 
+                    errno = EINVAL;
+                    return NULL;
                 }
 	        if ((!IS_IPV4 || 6 == z) && is_16_bits)
                     *p++ = ':';
@@ -809,7 +812,7 @@ static bool initialize_crypto(crypto_t *x, const char *filename) {
         const EVP_MD *const HASH = EVP_md5();   // openssl compat: enc -pass
         const size_t KEY_SIZE = EVP_CIPHER_key_length(x->cipher);
         const size_t IV_SIZE = EVP_CIPHER_iv_length(x->cipher);
-        char *pass = NULL; size_t z = 0;
+        unsigned char *pass = NULL; size_t z = 0;
 
         if (!S_ISREG(file.st_mode)) return false;       // no dirs, devs, etc.
         if  (file.st_mode & (S_IROTH | S_IWOTH)) return false;  // no ------rw-