If xtables_strtoul() fails, it returns false and data pointed to by parameter 'value' is undefined. Hence avoid copying that data in xtables_strtoui() if the call failed. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> --- libxtables/xtables.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libxtables/xtables.c b/libxtables/xtables.c index 1b8e4b074b078..ffd8fbcf29465 100644 --- a/libxtables/xtables.c +++ b/libxtables/xtables.c @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ bool xtables_strtoui(const char *s, char **end, unsigned int *value, bool ret; ret = xtables_strtoul(s, end, &v, min, max); - if (value != NULL) + if (ret && value != NULL) *value = v; return ret; } -- 2.18.0