From a24082eee41fcabf7fa180020e1771af3226b358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dmiller <dmiller@e0a8ed71-7df4-0310-8962-fdc924857419>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 21:33:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Close/unload NSE with --release-mem to resolve false-positive
 memory leaks

---
 nmap.cc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index fa16025ff..3f49f5721 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -1838,6 +1838,7 @@ void nmap_free_mem() {
   AllProbes::service_scan_free();
   traceroute_hop_cache_clear();
   nsock_set_default_engine(NULL);
+  close_nse();
 }
 
 int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {