SERVER-28996 SERVER-28996 Fix memory leak in MongoURI if auth fails

(cherry picked from commit cb893ef71d66bea22dd79553bd0080549f794c16)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/mongo/client/mongo_uri_connect.cpp b/src/mongo/client/mongo_uri_connect.cpp
index ff9c048b610..cdb4766fb69 100644
--- a/src/mongo/client/mongo_uri_connect.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/client/mongo_uri_connect.cpp
@@ -162,15 +162,15 @@ BSONObj MongoURI::_makeAuthObjFromOptions(int maxWireVersion) const {
 }
 
 DBClientBase* MongoURI::connect(std::string& errmsg, double socketTimeout) const {
-    auto ret = _connectString.connect(errmsg, socketTimeout);
+    auto ret = std::unique_ptr<DBClientBase>(_connectString.connect(errmsg, socketTimeout));
     if (!ret) {
-        return ret;
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     if (!_user.empty()) {
         ret->auth(_makeAuthObjFromOptions(ret->getMaxWireVersion()));
     }
-    return ret;
+    return ret.release();
 }
 
 }  // namespace mongo