Static analysis has reported a potential UB: kmod-31/libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c:125: use_invalid: Using "nullp", which points to an out-of-scope variable "buf". # 123| size_t linesz = 0; # 124| # 125|-> while (!nullp) { # 126| char buf[BUFSIZ]; # 127| ssize_t sz; It seems to be indeed an UB, as nullp is getting assined an address inside object buf, which has a lifetime of the while loop body, and is not available outside of it (specifically, in the while condition, where nullp is checked for NULL). Fix it by putting buf definition in the outer block. --- libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c b/libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c index fd0f54923a48..40a7d6142d03 100644 --- a/libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c +++ b/libkmod/libkmod-builtin.c @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ static off_t get_string(struct kmod_builtin_iter *iter, off_t offset, char **line, size_t *size) { int sv_errno; + char buf[BUFSIZ]; char *nullp = NULL; size_t linesz = 0; while (!nullp) { - char buf[BUFSIZ]; ssize_t sz; size_t partsz; -- 2.28.0