diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 194a7ad06d..b059a58db0 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -621,14 +621,22 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_cleanup(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
     }
     esp_http_client_close(client);
     esp_transport_list_destroy(client->transport_list);
-    http_header_destroy(client->request->headers);
-    free(client->request->buffer->data);
-    free(client->request->buffer);
-    free(client->request);
-    http_header_destroy(client->response->headers);
-    free(client->response->buffer->data);
-    free(client->response->buffer);
-    free(client->response);
+    if (client->request) {
+        http_header_destroy(client->request->headers);
+        if (client->request->buffer) {
+            free(client->request->buffer->data);
+        }
+        free(client->request->buffer);
+        free(client->request);
+    }
+    if (client->response) {
+        http_header_destroy(client->response->headers);
+        if (client->response->buffer) {
+            free(client->response->buffer->data);
+        }
+        free(client->response->buffer);
+        free(client->response);
+    }
 
     free(client->parser);
     free(client->parser_settings);
@@ -700,7 +708,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_http_client_set_url(esp_http_client_handle_t client, const char *u
 
     if (purl.field_data[UF_HOST].len) {
         http_utils_assign_string(&client->connection_info.host, url + purl.field_data[UF_HOST].off, purl.field_data[UF_HOST].len);
-        HTTP_MEM_CHECK(TAG, client->connection_info.host, return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM);
+        HTTP_MEM_CHECK(TAG, client->connection_info.host, {
+            free(old_host);
+            return ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
+        });
     }
     // Close the connection if host was changed
     if (old_host && client->connection_info.host
diff --git a/components/esp_local_ctrl/src/esp_local_ctrl_handler.c b/components/esp_local_ctrl/src/esp_local_ctrl_handler.c
index 23a92abd6c..f5674fe2f7 100644
--- a/components/esp_local_ctrl/src/esp_local_ctrl_handler.c
+++ b/components/esp_local_ctrl/src/esp_local_ctrl_handler.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void esp_local_ctrl_command_cleanup(LocalCtrlMessage *resp, void **ctx)
                 if (resp->resp_get_prop_vals) {
                     prop_val_free_fn_t *free_fns = (prop_val_free_fn_t *)(*ctx);
                     for (size_t i = 0; i < resp->resp_get_prop_vals->n_props; i++) {
-                        if (free_fns[i]) {
+                        if (free_fns && free_fns[i]) {
                             free_fns[i](resp->resp_get_prop_vals->props[i]->value.data);
                         }
                         free(resp->resp_get_prop_vals->props[i]);
diff --git a/components/esp_netif/esp_netif_objects.c b/components/esp_netif/esp_netif_objects.c
index 2c23126bf9..23a2c6dde7 100644
--- a/components/esp_netif/esp_netif_objects.c
+++ b/components/esp_netif/esp_netif_objects.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_netif_add_to_list(esp_netif_t *netif)
     item->netif = netif;
 
     if ((ret = esp_netif_list_lock()) != ESP_OK) {
+        free(item);
         return ret;
     }
 
diff --git a/components/esp_timer/src/esp_timer.c b/components/esp_timer/src/esp_timer.c
index 0a7d95d764..2bbb439e5e 100644
--- a/components/esp_timer/src/esp_timer.c
+++ b/components/esp_timer/src/esp_timer.c
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ static void timer_process_alarm(esp_timer_dispatch_t dispatch_method)
     int64_t now = esp_timer_impl_get_time();
     esp_timer_handle_t it = LIST_FIRST(&s_timers);
     while (it != NULL &&
-            it->alarm < now) {
+            it->alarm < now) {  // NOLINT(clang-analyzer-unix.Malloc)
+            // Static analyser reports "Use of memory after it is freed" since the "it" variable
+            // is freed below (if EVENT_ID_DELETE_TIMER) and assigned to the (new) LIST_FIRST()
+            // so possibly (if the "it" hasn't been removed from the list) it might keep the same ptr.
+            // Ignoring this warning, as this couldn't happen if queue.h used to populate the list
         LIST_REMOVE(it, list_entry);
         if (it->event_id == EVENT_ID_DELETE_TIMER) {
             free(it);