tags 11467 + notabug close 11467 thanks Rich Burridge wrote: > On 05/14/12 05:43 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Thanks for auditing coreutils! >> A bug in sort would have been a surprise, and more of an issue, >> so I've looked at it first. >> >> Rich Burridge wrote: >> ... >>> Error: Null pointer dereference (CWE 476) >>> Read from null pointer 's' >>> at line 3389 of components/coreutils/coreutils-8.5/src/sort.c in >>> function 'main'. >>> Function 'parse_field_count' may return constant 'NULL' at line >>> 3130, called at line 3387. >> That is not true when the third argument to parse_field_count is >> non-NULL, as is the case in sort.c from coreutils-8.5 (and in the >> latest from git). In that case, parse_field_count exits upon failure >> and cannot return NULL. > > Thanks Jim. Incomplete analysis on my part. This is a(nother) case where > parfait is not smart enough to recognize that error is a non-returning > function.
This is resolved, so closing.
