diff -urp audit-1.7/src/auditd.c audit-1.7.1/src/auditd.c
--- audit-1.7/src/auditd.c	2008-01-01 09:55:36.000000000 -0500
+++ audit-1.7.1/src/auditd.c	2008-04-04 21:19:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ static void distribute_event(struct audi
 		enqueue_event(rep);
 		if (yield)
 			pthread_yield(); /* Let other thread try to log it. */
-	}
+	} else
+		free(rep);	// This function takes custody of the memory
 
 	// FIXME: This is commented out since it fails to work. The
 	// problem is that the logger thread free's the buffer. Probably