> On 1 Dec 2025, at 8:44 PM, Sridhar Markonda <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Add a NULL check to prevent failure from grub_calloc in update_screen.
> This stops possible NULL pointer dereference and avoids unexpected behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Markonda <[email protected]>
> ---
> grub-core/normal/menu_entry.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/grub-core/normal/menu_entry.c b/grub-core/normal/menu_entry.c
> index 8b0d17e3f..dfba20cb9 100644
> --- a/grub-core/normal/menu_entry.c
> +++ b/grub-core/normal/menu_entry.c
> @@ -296,7 +296,11 @@ update_screen (struct screen *screen, struct 
> per_term_screen *term_screen,
>  pos = linep->pos + (term_screen - screen->terms);
> 
>  if (!*pos)
> -    *pos = grub_calloc (linep->len + 1, sizeof (**pos));
> +    { 
> +      *pos = grub_calloc (linep->len + 1, sizeof (**pos));
> +      if (!*pos)

use if (*pos == NULL) instead of if (!*pos)

Thanks,
Sudhakar


> +        return;
> +    }
> 
>  if (i == region_start || linep == screen->lines + screen->line
>      || (i > region_start && mode == ALL_LINES))
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 


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