diff --git a/elfutils-0.192-fix-free.patch b/elfutils-0.192-fix-free.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7ec83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elfutils-0.192-fix-free.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 1be0787d6654ed71bf659e8bfd34895fea7589eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:43:19 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] debuginfod-client.c: Avoid freeing uninitialized value
+
+debuginfod_validate_imasig might call free on an uninitialized sig_buf
+due to a goto that can occur before sig_buf is set to NULL.
+
+Fix this by setting sig_buf to NULL before the goto.
+
+Signed-off-by: Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>
+---
+ debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c b/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
+index deff19ff..d89beae9 100644
+--- a/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
++++ b/debuginfod/debuginfod-client.c
+@@ -1587,6 +1587,7 @@ debuginfod_validate_imasig (debuginfod_client *c, int fd)
+ {
+   int rc = ENOSYS;
+ 
++    char* sig_buf = NULL;
+     EVP_MD_CTX *ctx = NULL;
+     if (!c || !c->winning_headers)
+     {
+@@ -1594,7 +1595,6 @@ debuginfod_validate_imasig (debuginfod_client *c, int fd)
+       goto exit_validate;
+     }
+     // Extract the HEX IMA-signature from the header
+-    char* sig_buf = NULL;
+     char* hdr_ima_sig = strcasestr(c->winning_headers, "x-debuginfod-imasignature");
+     if (!hdr_ima_sig || 1 != sscanf(hdr_ima_sig + strlen("x-debuginfod-imasignature:"), "%ms", &sig_buf))
+     {
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index fef2af0..6fabfa2 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name: elfutils
 Version: 0.192
-%global baserelease 5
+%global baserelease 6
 Release: %{baserelease}%{?dist}
 URL: http://elfutils.org/
 %global source_url ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/%{version}/
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ Patch3: elfutils-0.192-fix-configure-conditional.patch
 # Skip IMA test not currently supported in RHEL 9.
 Patch4: elfutils-0.192-skip-ima-test.patch
 
+# Avoid freeing uninitialized variable.
+Patch5: elfutils-0.192-fix-free.patch
+
 %description
 Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including stack (to show
 backtraces), nm (for listing symbols from object files), size
@@ -533,6 +536,9 @@ exit 0
 %systemd_postun_with_restart debuginfod.service
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 14 2025 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com> - 0.192-6
+- Add elfutils-0.192-fix-free.patch
+
 * Jan 15 2025 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com> - 0.192-5
 - Add debuginfod certpath to %files unconditionally