https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=117276
--- Comment #7 from Oliver Schönrock <oschonrock at gmail dot com> --- I did some additional testing on older distributions. On debian 11, bullseye, oldstable, we have gcc version 10.2.1 20210110 (Debian 10.2.1-6) I noticed that my patch DID NOT apply and the leak is NOT present with libstc++ as is. $ ./build/gcc/release/sort_leak Single threaded sort: VM: 13900 RSS: 11012 (kB) VM: 13968 RSS: 11288 (kB) VM: 13968 RSS: 11288 (kB) VM: 13968 RSS: 11288 (kB) VM: 13968 RSS: 11288 (kB) par_unseq sort: VM: 94268 RSS: 15684 (kB) VM: 94268 RSS: 15684 (kB) VM: 94268 RSS: 15684 (kB) VM: 94268 RSS: 15684 (kB) VM: 94268 RSS: 15684 (kB)