diff --git a/backport-ldconfig-avoid-leak-on-empty-paths-in-config-file.patch b/backport-ldconfig-avoid-leak-on-empty-paths-in-config-file.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..11bd1092e8936e62f00482b392563c7954c75a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-ldconfig-avoid-leak-on-empty-paths-in-config-file.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 05d3f389a4387d293924cba1fd16b1b1324f4ca2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
+Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 21:10:10 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] ldconfig: avoid leak on empty paths in config file
+
+reference: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=b0234d79e7d82475d1666f25326ec045c045b3ed
+conflict: context add_dir is different from add_dir_1
+
+Reviewed-by: Arjun Shankar <arjun@redhat.com>
+---
+ elf/ldconfig.c | 6 +++++-
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/elf/ldconfig.c b/elf/ldconfig.c
+index be87bb383dac..3f0fb84bb01b 100644
+--- a/elf/ldconfig.c
++++ b/elf/ldconfig.c
+@@ -402,7 +402,11 @@ add_dir (const char *line)
+     entry->path[--i] = '\0';
+ 
+   if (i == 0)
+-    return;
++    {
++      free (entry->path);
++      free (entry);
++      return;
++    }
+ 
+   char *path = entry->path;
+   if (opt_chroot)
+-- 
+2.18.4
+
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index f3766b4849e2a860d32e30c4017cec107eca7a2f..d8593c5d83cffbad2d8dafdcb718d1d0d2e2334a 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 Name: 	 	glibc
 Version: 	2.28
-Release: 	76
+Release: 	77
 Summary: 	The GNU libc libraries
 License:	%{all_license}
 URL: 		http://www.gnu.org/software/glibc/
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Patch51: backport-ldconfig-Fix-memory-leaks.patch
 Patch52: backport-_dl_exception_create_format-Add-missing-va_end.patch
 Patch53: backport-CVE-2021-38604-0001-librt-add-test-bug-28213.patch
 Patch54: backport-CVE-2021-38604-0002-librt-fix-null-pointer-deference.patch
+Patch55: backport-ldconfig-avoid-leak-on-empty-paths-in-config-file.patch
 
 Provides: ldconfig rtld(GNU_HASH) bundled(gnulib)
 
@@ -1159,6 +1160,10 @@ fi
 %doc hesiod/README.hesiod
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 31 2021 Lv Ying<lvying6@huawei.com> - 2.28-77
+- ldconfig: avoid leak on empty paths in config file
+  https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=b0234d79e7d82475d1666f25326ec045c045b3ed
+
 * Wed Aug 25 2021 Qingqing Li<liqingqing3@huawei.com> - 2.28-76
 - fix CVE-2021-38604
   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28213