diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
index 78f07734c9..94150d1d83 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_auth.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static int md5_printf(char *md, const char *fmt, ...)
     va_start(ap, fmt);
     len = vasprintf((char **)&buf, fmt, ap);
     if (buf == NULL) {
+        va_end(ap);
         return ESP_FAIL;
     }
 
diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
index 14607d368d..6f15da71cf 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/lib/http_header.c
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ int http_header_set_format(http_header_handle_t header, const char *key, const c
     char *buf = NULL;
     va_start(argptr, format);
     len = vasprintf(&buf, format, argptr);
-    HTTP_MEM_CHECK(TAG, buf, return 0);
     va_end(argptr);
+    HTTP_MEM_CHECK(TAG, buf, return 0);
     if (buf == NULL) {
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32s2/esp_ds.c b/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32s2/esp_ds.c
index f7e2b9564d..635e83e2a2 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32s2/esp_ds.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/port/esp32s2/esp_ds.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ esp_err_t esp_ds_start_sign(const void *message,
 
     if (result == ETS_DS_INVALID_KEY) {
         ds_disable_release();
+        free(context);
         return ESP_ERR_HW_CRYPTO_DS_INVALID_KEY;
     }
 
diff --git a/components/vfs/vfs_uart.c b/components/vfs/vfs_uart.c
index 14f0939f45..714e9fc61a 100644
--- a/components/vfs/vfs_uart.c
+++ b/components/vfs/vfs_uart.c
@@ -363,9 +363,11 @@ static esp_err_t register_select(uart_select_args_t *args)
     if (args) {
         portENTER_CRITICAL(&s_registered_select_lock);
         const int new_size = s_registered_select_num + 1;
-        if ((s_registered_selects = realloc(s_registered_selects, new_size * sizeof(uart_select_args_t *))) == NULL) {
+        uart_select_args_t **new_selects;
+        if ((new_selects = realloc(s_registered_selects, new_size * sizeof(uart_select_args_t *))) == NULL) {
             ret = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
         } else {
+            s_registered_selects = new_selects;
             s_registered_selects[s_registered_select_num] = args;
             s_registered_select_num = new_size;
             ret = ESP_OK;
@@ -389,12 +391,9 @@ static esp_err_t unregister_select(uart_select_args_t *args)
                 // last item.
                 s_registered_selects[i] = s_registered_selects[new_size];
                 s_registered_selects = realloc(s_registered_selects, new_size * sizeof(uart_select_args_t *));
-                if (s_registered_selects || new_size == 0) {
-                    s_registered_select_num = new_size;
-                    ret = ESP_OK;
-                } else {
-                    ret = ESP_ERR_NO_MEM;
-                }
+                // Shrinking a buffer with realloc is guaranteed to succeed.
+                s_registered_select_num = new_size;
+                ret = ESP_OK;
                 break;
             }
         }