If the evaluation of the return expression failed a following test can dereference the pointer holding the expression's type ... which is null. Bad. Fix this by adding the missing null pointer test. Fixes: 3bc32d46494c404df7905fceaca9156830ff97f1 Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> --- evaluate.c | 2 +- validation/crash-undef-in-parens.c | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 validation/crash-undef-in-parens.c diff --git a/evaluate.c b/evaluate.c index 3ff76fa85e14..16e11fe1b5a2 100644 --- a/evaluate.c +++ b/evaluate.c @@ -3611,7 +3611,7 @@ static struct symbol *evaluate_return_expression(struct statement *stmt) fntype = current_fn->ctype.base_type; rettype = fntype->ctype.base_type; if (!rettype || rettype == &void_ctype) { - if (expr && !is_void_type(expr->ctype)) + if (expr && expr->ctype && !is_void_type(expr->ctype)) expression_error(expr, "return expression in %s function", rettype?"void":"typeless"); if (expr && Wreturn_void) warning(stmt->pos, "returning void-valued expression"); diff --git a/validation/crash-undef-in-parens.c b/validation/crash-undef-in-parens.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5f05f88a6776 --- /dev/null +++ b/validation/crash-undef-in-parens.c @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +void foo(void) { return (UNDEF_STUFF_IN_PARENS); } + +/* + * check-name: crash-undef-in-parens + * + * check-error-start +crash-undef-in-parens.c:1:26: error: undefined identifier 'UNDEF_STUFF_IN_PARENS' + * check-error-end + */ -- 2.28.0