diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-21-00-00-00.gh-issue-146245.SockAud.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-21-00-00-00.gh-issue-146245.SockAud.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bb0afdef3c5146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-03-21-00-00-00.gh-issue-146245.SockAud.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix reference leak of ``idna`` and ``pstr`` in :func:`socket.getaddrinfo`
+and buffer leak in :meth:`socket.socket.sendto` when ``PySys_Audit``
+raises an exception.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index d4df40c78e8a4f..8215d51baf30e8 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -4808,6 +4808,7 @@ sock_sendto(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     }
 
     if (PySys_Audit("socket.sendto", "OO", s, addro) < 0) {
+        PyBuffer_Release(&pbuf);
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -6982,7 +6983,7 @@ socket_getaddrinfo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject* kwargs)
 
     if (PySys_Audit("socket.getaddrinfo", "OOiii",
                     hobj, pobj, family, socktype, protocol) < 0) {
-        return NULL;
+        goto err;
     }
 
     memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));