Even with GLib it is still possible for virQEMUCapsNew() to return NULL because it calls virQEMUCapsInitialize() which is a wrapper over pthread_once() which may fail. At least, we still check for its retval. If it so happens that the virQEMUCapsNew() fails and returns NULL, we should not dereference it. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c index a95a60c36a..3afe8a7b2c 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c @@ -1713,7 +1713,8 @@ virQEMUCapsNewBinary(const char *binary) { virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps = virQEMUCapsNew(); - qemuCaps->binary = g_strdup(binary); + if (qemuCaps) + qemuCaps->binary = g_strdup(binary); return qemuCaps; } -- 2.24.1