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lib/vector/vlib: Fix possible null pointer dereference #4638

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@ymdatta ymdatta commented Nov 2, 2024

In the function Vect_cat_list_to_array, as part of the execution, if list turns out to not contain any numbers, cats internal variable is not changed from NULL. Without checking if cats is NULL or not, qsort or first elemnt of it is accessed, which can lead to null pointer dereference.

To fix that issue, only access cats if it's not NULL.

This issue was found using cppcheck tool.

In the function `Vect_cat_list_to_array`, as part of the
execution, if list turns out to not contain any numbers,
`cats` internal variable is not changed from NULL. Without
checking if `cats` is NULL or not, qsort or first elemnt of
it is accessed, which can lead to null pointer dereference.

To fix that issue, only access cats if it's not NULL.

This issue was found using cppcheck tool.

Signed-off-by: Mohan Yelugoti <[email protected]>
@github-actions github-actions bot added vector Related to vector data processing C Related code is in C libraries labels Nov 2, 2024
@nilason nilason changed the title lib:vector:vlib: Fix possible null pointer dereference lib/vector/vlib: Fix possible null pointer dereference Nov 5, 2024
@nilason nilason added this to the 8.5.0 milestone Nov 5, 2024
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