[PATCH] Fix potential NULL pointer deref in gen_init_cpio

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Sat Mar 18 2006 - 16:18:14 EST


Fix potential NULL pointer deref in gen_init_cpio.c spotted by
coverity checker.
This fixes coverity bug #86

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
---

usr/gen_init_cpio.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm2-orig/usr/gen_init_cpio.c 2006-01-03 04:21:10.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm2/usr/gen_init_cpio.c 2006-03-18 22:17:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
"ERROR: incorrect format, could not locate file type line %d: '%s'\n",
line_nr, line);
ec = -1;
+ break;
}

if ('\n' == *type) {
@@ -506,7 +507,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
line_nr, line);
}
}
- cpio_trailer();
+ if (ec == 0)
+ cpio_trailer();

exit(ec);
}



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