Worked on the openssl/openssl repository to enhance the stability and memory safety of the connection-accept flow. Focused on resolving a memory leak in the BIO_ACCEPT component by ensuring that strings returned from BIO_ADDR_hostname_string() were properly freed, thereby preventing resource leaks in long-running processes. Utilized C programming and memory management expertise to implement and test the fix, which was reviewed and merged following standard code review procedures. This contribution improved the reliability and reduced the memory footprint of OpenSSL’s BIO_ACCEPT path, demonstrating careful attention to resource handling and software development best practices within a widely used open-source project.