DAOS-14194 common: fix memory leak reported by Coverity

[grom72]

DAOS-14194 common: fix memory leak reported by Coverity
CID 1347807 - resource leak

Related to: #12866

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[github-actions]

Bug-tracker data:
Ticket title is '[coverity] 1347807 Resource leak'
Status is 'In Review'
Labels: '2.4.1rc1,coverity,required_for_code_freeze,scrubbed'
https://daosio.atlassian.net/browse/DAOS-14194

[daltonbohning]

@daos-stack/daos-gatekeeper can we complete this PR

@grom72 It was merged 3 days ago. What do you mean by "complete"?