SDL: alsa: Don't crash when SDL_GetDefaultAudioInfo() is passed a NULL name.

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From 76847b46be9cb461b7a289cc004fe3d3d10814f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ryan C. Gordon" <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:30:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] alsa: Don't crash when SDL_GetDefaultAudioInfo() is passed a
 NULL name.

Fixes #16011.
---
 src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c b/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c
index 8b2615e2946da..a3ee5fd9dbd16 100644
--- a/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c
+++ b/src/audio/alsa/SDL_alsa_audio.c
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ static int ALSA_GetDefaultAudioInfo(char **name, SDL_AudioSpec *spec, int iscapt
     snd_pcm_stream_t stream;
     int card_index;
     const char *dev_name;
-    char *card_name = NULL;
     char final_name[256];
 
     SDL_zero(final_name);
@@ -515,11 +514,15 @@ static int ALSA_GetDefaultAudioInfo(char **name, SDL_AudioSpec *spec, int iscapt
     card_index = ALSA_snd_pcm_info_get_card(pcm_info);
     dev_name = ALSA_snd_pcm_info_get_name(pcm_info);
 
-    if (card_index >= 0 && ALSA_snd_card_get_name(card_index, &card_name) >= 0) {
-        SDL_snprintf(final_name, sizeof(final_name), "%s, %s", card_name, dev_name);
-        *name = SDL_strdup(final_name);
-    } else {
-        *name = SDL_strdup(dev_name ? dev_name : "Unknown ALSA Device");
+    if (name) {
+        char *card_name = NULL;
+        if (card_index >= 0 && ALSA_snd_card_get_name(card_index, &card_name) >= 0) {
+            SDL_snprintf(final_name, sizeof(final_name), "%s, %s", card_name, dev_name);
+            free(card_name);  /* This should NOT be SDL_free() */
+            *name = SDL_strdup(final_name);
+        } else {
+            *name = SDL_strdup(dev_name ? dev_name : "Unknown ALSA Device");
+        }
     }
 
     if (spec) {