In cond_expr_to_cil(), when stack_init() fails to allocate a stack, the function calls stack_pop() with stack = NULL. Then stack_pop() dereferences the pointer ("if (stack->pos == -1) {"), which is NULL. Fix this by moving the stack cleaning loop in a "if (stack != NULL)" block. This issue is reported by clang's static analyzer with the following message: module_to_cil.c:463:6: warning: Access to field 'pos' results in a dereference of a null pointer (loaded from variable 'stack') if (stack->pos == -1) { ^~~~~~~~~~ Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss@xxxxxxx> --- libsepol/src/module_to_cil.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/libsepol/src/module_to_cil.c b/libsepol/src/module_to_cil.c index 5b8ed19eaa14..c6f1659c84ef 100644 --- a/libsepol/src/module_to_cil.c +++ b/libsepol/src/module_to_cil.c @@ -1917,10 +1917,12 @@ exit: free(new_val); free(val1); free(val2); - while ((val1 = stack_pop(stack)) != NULL) { - free(val1); + if (stack != NULL) { + while ((val1 = stack_pop(stack)) != NULL) { + free(val1); + } + stack_destroy(&stack); } - stack_destroy(&stack); return rc; } -- 2.17.0