From d96f30e9d307b94e15035b060e80bd0d3d872116 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Murray <radarhere@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 11:37:56 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Free image bands on error

---
 src/_imaging.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/_imaging.c b/src/_imaging.c
index 12cd3ddc753..4bc09abd997 100644
--- a/src/_imaging.c
+++ b/src/_imaging.c
@@ -2489,11 +2489,17 @@ _split(ImagingObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 
     list = PyTuple_New(self->image->bands);
     if (!list) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < self->image->bands; j++) {
+            ImagingDelete(bands[j]);
+        }
         return NULL;
     }
     for (i = 0; i < self->image->bands; i++) {
         imaging_object = PyImagingNew(bands[i]);
         if (!imaging_object) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < self->image->bands; j++) {
+                ImagingDelete(bands[j]);
+            }
             Py_DECREF(list);
             list = NULL;
             break;