Potential security issue in lib/connect.c: Unchecked return from initialization function

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What is a Conditionally Uninitialized Variable? The return value of a function that is potentially used to initialize a local variable is not checked. Therefore, reading the local variable may result in undefined behavior.

1 instance of this defect were found in the following locations:

Instance 1 File : lib/connect.c Function: Curl_printable_address https://github.com/siva-msft/curl/blob/91176082b1cf013b3510b7544b589973e541e8b4/lib/connect.c#L955 Code extract:

#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS
        char ipaddress[MAX_IPADR_LEN];
        char buffer[STRERROR_LEN];
        Curl_printable_address(conn->tempaddr[i], ipaddress, MAX_IPADR_LEN); <------ HERE
#endif
        infof(data, "connect to %s port %ld failed: %s\n",

How can I fix it? Correct reference usage found in lib/socks.c at line 785. https://github.com/siva-msft/curl/blob/91176082b1cf013b3510b7544b589973e541e8b4/lib/socks.c#L785 Code extract:

      return CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST;
    }

    if(Curl_printable_address(hp, dest, sizeof(dest))) { <------ HERE
      size_t destlen = strlen(dest);
      msnprintf(dest + destlen, sizeof(dest) - destlen, ":%d", remote_port);