[bug #21824] Another potential NULL ptr dereference, on remake.c

[Marcio Buss]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?21824>

                 Summary: Another potential NULL ptr dereference, on remake.c
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: marciobuss
            Submitted on: Tuesday 12/18/2007 at 03:33
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: None
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:



There's a potential null pointer dereference also in remake.c
The error can be tracked down as follows:

(1) Assume the first conjunct is false in the test
    "if (file->cmds != 0 && file->cmds->any_recurse)"
    This implies that file->cmds is NULL.

(2) item (1) implies that the "if" statement evaluates to
    false, and the else branch executes.

(3) we continue the execution till we get to line 861, where
    "file->cmds" is dereferenced at statement
    "if (! (file->cmds->lines_flags[i-1] & COMMANDS_RECURSE))"






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