diff --git a/net-snmp-5.4-transport-leak.patch b/net-snmp-5.4-transport-leak.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c9de17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-snmp-5.4-transport-leak.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+--- snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c	2006/09/19 23:42:17	15274
++++ snmplib/snmpUDPDomain.c	2006/12/28 23:29:44	15683
+@@ -586,28 +586,24 @@
+     int             rc = 0;
+     char           *str = NULL;
+     char           *client_socket = NULL;
+-    netsnmp_udp_addr_pair *addr_pair = NULL;
++    netsnmp_udp_addr_pair addr_pair;
+ 
+     if (addr == NULL || addr->sin_family != AF_INET) {
+         return NULL;
+     }
+ 
+-    addr_pair = (netsnmp_udp_addr_pair *) malloc(sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
+-    if (addr_pair == NULL) {
+-        return NULL;
+-    }
+-    memset(addr_pair, 0, sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
+-    memcpy(&(addr_pair->remote_addr), addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
++    memset(&addr_pair, 0, sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
++    memcpy(&(addr_pair.remote_addr), addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+ 
+     t = (netsnmp_transport *) malloc(sizeof(netsnmp_transport));
+     if (t == NULL) {
+         return NULL;
+     }
+ 
+-    str = netsnmp_udp_fmtaddr(NULL, (void *)addr_pair, 
++    str = netsnmp_udp_fmtaddr(NULL, (void *)&addr_pair,
+                                  sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
+-    DEBUGMSGTL(("netsnmp_udp", "open %s %s:%d\n", local ? "local" : "remote",
+-                str,addr->sin_port));
++    DEBUGMSGTL(("netsnmp_udp", "open %s %s\n", local ? "local" : "remote",
++                str));
+     free(str);
+ 
+     memset(t, 0, sizeof(netsnmp_transport));
+@@ -690,7 +686,7 @@
+         t->remote[4] = (htons(addr->sin_port) & 0xff00) >> 8;
+         t->remote[5] = (htons(addr->sin_port) & 0x00ff) >> 0;
+         t->remote_length = 6;
+-        memcpy(t->data, addr_pair, sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
++        memcpy(t->data, &addr_pair, sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair));
+         t->data_length = sizeof(netsnmp_udp_addr_pair);
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index d252c79..f0a0b66 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Patch19: net-snmp-5.3.1-shared-ip.patch
 Patch20: net-snmp-5.3.1-mib-option.patch
 Patch21: net-snmp-5.4-exec-crash.patch
 Patch22: net-snmp-5.1.2-snmpconf-selinux.patch
+Patch23: net-snmp-5.4-transport-leak.patch
 
 Requires(pre): /sbin/chkconfig
 Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ and applications.
 %patch20 -p1 -b .mib-option
 %patch21 -p1 -b .exec-crash
 %patch22 -p1 -b .selinux
+%patch23 -p0 -b .transport-leak
 
 # Do this patch with a perl hack...
 perl -pi -e "s|'\\\$install_libdir'|'%{_libdir}'|" ltmain.sh
@@ -375,9 +377,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 %changelog
 * Mon Jul 30 2007  Safranek <jsafranek@redhat.com> 5.4-16
-- lm_sensors now supported on ppc64 (#249255)
 - snmpconf generates config files with proper selinux context
   (#247462)
+- fixed leak  in udp transport (#247771)
 
 * Thu Jun 28 2007 Jan Safranek <jsafranek@redhat.com> 5.4-15
 - fix default snmptrapd.conf