Before patch, both arg->bitmask.field and arg->string.field were checked for being NULL and if yes, some value was assigned to them. The value was immediately used (dereferenced) and after that, another check for NULL was performed (the one leading to break command). However, in case this check would be true, the dereferencing before would have already caused a crash. Move the NULL checks before dereferencing the pointers. Signed-off-by: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/event-parse.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/event-parse.c b/src/event-parse.c index edf990a..b4094ec 100644 --- a/src/event-parse.c +++ b/src/event-parse.c @@ -4623,10 +4623,10 @@ static void print_str_arg(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size, case TEP_PRINT_STRING: { if (!arg->string.field) { arg->string.field = tep_find_any_field(event, arg->string.string); + if (!arg->string.field) + break; arg->string.offset = arg->string.field->offset; } - if (!arg->string.field) - break; dynamic_offset_field(tep, arg->string.field, data, size, &offset, &len); /* Do not attempt to save zero length dynamic strings */ if (!len) @@ -4640,10 +4640,10 @@ static void print_str_arg(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, int size, case TEP_PRINT_BITMASK: { if (!arg->bitmask.field) { arg->bitmask.field = tep_find_any_field(event, arg->bitmask.bitmask); + if (!arg->bitmask.field) + break; arg->bitmask.offset = arg->bitmask.field->offset; } - if (!arg->bitmask.field) - break; dynamic_offset_field(tep, arg->bitmask.field, data, size, &offset, &len); print_bitmask_to_seq(tep, s, format, len_arg, data + offset, len); -- 2.18.4