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| -rw-r--r-- | tests/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/asschk.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog index b2e95f323..aa93f0780 100644 --- a/tests/ChangeLog +++ b/tests/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-09-20 Jim Meyering <[email protected]> + + avoid use of free'd pointer + * asschk.c (set_type_var): Set var->value to NULL after freeing it, + to avoid subsequent use of freed pointer. + 2009-10-13 Werner Koch <[email protected]> * asschk.c (die): Replace this vararg macro by C-89 compliant diff --git a/tests/asschk.c b/tests/asschk.c index 3eb262178..c0108e71d 100644 --- a/tests/asschk.c +++ b/tests/asschk.c @@ -514,7 +514,10 @@ set_type_var (const char *name, const char *value, VARTYPE type) variable_list = var; } else - free (var->value); + { + free (var->value); + var->value = NULL; + } if (var->type == VARTYPE_FD && var->value) { |