This was originally reported on GH, but never dealt with. Make sure 'ptr' is always initialized to prevent derefence of null pointer in case of empty dev string.
While at it, change the if condition to use ptr instead of dev, since dev is not used anymore in the logic. Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a...@unstable.cc> --- src/openvpn/tun.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/openvpn/tun.c b/src/openvpn/tun.c index a17ff50f..44fad06d 100644 --- a/src/openvpn/tun.c +++ b/src/openvpn/tun.c @@ -2379,10 +2379,11 @@ open_tun(const char *dev, const char *dev_type, const char *dev_node, struct tun msg(M_ERR, "Can't open %s", dev_node); } + ptr = dev; + /* get unit number */ - if (*dev) + if (*ptr) { - ptr = dev; while (*ptr && !isdigit((int) *ptr)) { ptr++; -- 2.35.1 _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel