If we don't have dnsmasq, it's pointless to try to find its pidfile. Also, dnsmasqCapsGetBinaryPath would access a NULL pointer. Fixes: 4b68c982e283471575bacbf87302495864da46fe Foxes: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/issues/456 Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/network/bridge_driver.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c index 3fa56bfc09..ee4bbd4a93 100644 --- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c +++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ networkUpdateState(virNetworkObj *obj, virNetworkObjPortForEach(obj, networkUpdatePort, obj); /* Try and read dnsmasq pids of active networks */ - if (virNetworkObjIsActive(obj) && def->ips && (def->nips > 0)) { + if (dnsmasq_caps && virNetworkObjIsActive(obj) && def->ips && (def->nips > 0)) { pid_t dnsmasqPid; if (networkSetMacMap(cfg, obj) < 0) -- 2.39.2