From b5e1db87897cabfd9beb8b1bd49f7d965c0f2607 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luis Machado Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:51:33 -0500 Subject: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference This patch addresses a potential NULL pointer dereference when we try to duplicate a string. The input pointer can be NULL and that may lead to crashes. We simply add a check for that case. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-10-24 Luis Machado * exec.c (exec_file_locate_attach): Prevent NULL pointer dereference when duplicating a string. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'gdb/ChangeLog') diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 388cc1f..43175ff 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2016-10-24 Luis Machado + * exec.c (exec_file_locate_attach): Prevent NULL pointer dereference + when duplicating a string. + +2016-10-24 Luis Machado + * exec.c (exception_print_same): Fix string comparison to use statically-allocated ones. -- cgit v1.1