cil_tree_print_expr() calls cil_expr_to_string() in order to compute a string expression into expr_str. If this function fails, expr_str is left unitialized but its value is dereferenced with: cil_log(CIL_INFO, "%s)", expr_str); Prevent such an issue by checking cil_expr_to_string()'s return value before using expr_str. This issue has been found with clang's static analyzer. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss@xxxxxxx> --- libsepol/cil/src/cil_tree.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/libsepol/cil/src/cil_tree.c b/libsepol/cil/src/cil_tree.c index d36401b41dba..b394a9d849df 100644 --- a/libsepol/cil/src/cil_tree.c +++ b/libsepol/cil/src/cil_tree.c @@ -503,15 +503,19 @@ exit: void cil_tree_print_expr(struct cil_list *datum_expr, struct cil_list *str_expr) { char *expr_str; + int rc; cil_log(CIL_INFO, "("); if (datum_expr != NULL) { - cil_expr_to_string(datum_expr, &expr_str); + rc = cil_expr_to_string(datum_expr, &expr_str); } else { - cil_expr_to_string(str_expr, &expr_str); + rc = cil_expr_to_string(str_expr, &expr_str); + } + if (rc < 0) { + cil_log(CIL_INFO, "ERROR)"); + return; } - cil_log(CIL_INFO, "%s)", expr_str); free(expr_str); } -- 2.16.0