WalkthroughA pointer dereference condition insrc/if-options.c was modified from checking if the pointer itself is non-NULL to checking if the value it points to is non-NULL, affecting the control flow for assigning embedded options after define/encap operations when no existing embedded option exists. Changes| Cohort / File(s) | Summary |
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NULL pointer dereference fix
src/if-options.c | Modified pointer null-check condition fromldop to*ldop in embedded options branching logic to prevent dereferencing a NULL pointer target |
Estimated code review effort🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes - Single-line conditional modification in a well-defined branch
- Fix directly addresses the NULL pointer dereference reported in the linked issue
- No changes to function signatures, exported interfaces, or complex logic patterns
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| Title check | ✅ Passed | The title accurately reflects the primary change: preventing NULL pointer dereference of the dereferenced ldop pointer in the if-options.c file. | | Description check | ✅ Passed | The description explains the distinction between ldop pointer validity and dereferenced value validity, and references the linked issue#567 being fixed. | | Linked Issues check | ✅ Passed | The code change directly addresses issue#567 by changing the condition from checking if ldop is non-NULL to checking if *ldop is non-NULL, preventing NULL pointer dereference of the dereferenced value. | | Out of Scope Changes check | ✅ Passed | The change is narrowly scoped to fixing the NULL dereference issue in the embed/define branching logic, with no additional unrelated modifications. |
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🔇 Additional comments (1)src/if-options.c (1)1885-1887:LGTM! Critical NULL dereference fix.
The change correctly addresses the NULL pointer dereference reported in issue#567. Sinceldop is a double-pointer (struct dhcp_opt **), the parameter itself cannot be NULL, but the value it points to (*ldop) can be (as set at line 1878). The old conditionif (ldop) was always true and failed to guard the dereferences at lines 1886-1887. The corrected conditionif (*ldop) properly validates that the pointed-to value is non-NULL before accessing(*ldop)->embopts.
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ldop itself cannot be non NULL as it points to the location. but *ldop CAN be NULL.
Fixes#567.