diff -Nru memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/series memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2021-11-23 08:59:31.000000000 -0800
+++ memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2021-12-08 16:28:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 0003-Uses-retry-to-wait-up-to-5-seconds-for-the-killed-pr.patch
 0005-Source-etc-default-memcached-in-etc-init.d-memcached.patch
 0006-restore-systemd-sandboxing.patch
+uninitialized-variables.patch
diff -Nru memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/uninitialized-variables.patch memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/uninitialized-variables.patch
--- memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/uninitialized-variables.patch	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/debian/patches/uninitialized-variables.patch	2021-12-08 16:30:48.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Description: fix an error due to use of a possibly uninitialized variable
+ gcc detects that this variable may be used without being initialized.  Just
+ initialize it to fix the error.
+Author: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>
+Last-Update: 2021-12-08
+Forwarded: no
+
+Index: memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/logger.c
+===================================================================
+--- memcached-1.6.12+dfsg.orig/logger.c
++++ memcached-1.6.12+dfsg/logger.c
+@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
+ 
+ static int _logger_parse_cne(logentry *e, char *scratch) {
+     int total;
+-    unsigned short rport;
++    unsigned short rport = 0;
+     char rip[64];
+     struct logentry_conn_event *le = (struct logentry_conn_event *) e->data;
+     const char * const transport_map[] = { "local", "tcp", "udp" };
+@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
+ 
+ static int _logger_parse_cce(logentry *e, char *scratch) {
+     int total;
+-    unsigned short rport;
++    unsigned short rport = 0;
+     char rip[64];
+     struct logentry_conn_event *le = (struct logentry_conn_event *) e->data;
+     const char * const transport_map[] = { "local", "tcp", "udp" };