Re: [PATCH 2/4] snapshot: conf: Avoid dereferencing NULL snapshot parent

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 14:12:03 +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> virDomainSnapshotDropParent tried to dereference the parent even in case
> the snapshot didn't have a parent. This should not be possible as the
> snapshots use metaroot now, but bugs may induce this failure.
> ---
>  src/conf/snapshot_conf.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
> index 0c5b005..c3a8494 100644
> --- a/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
> +++ b/src/conf/snapshot_conf.c
> @@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ virDomainSnapshotDropParent(virDomainSnapshotObjPtr snapshot)
>      virDomainSnapshotObjPtr prev = NULL;
>      virDomainSnapshotObjPtr curr = NULL;
> 
> +    if (!snapshot || !snapshot->parent)
> +        return;
> +
>      snapshot->parent->nchildren--;
>      curr = snapshot->parent->first_child;
>      while (curr != snapshot) {

I'm slightly against this patch as I prefer a crashing daemon to silent
propagation of bug.

Jirka

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