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kconfig: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in conf_askvalue
authorXingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 02:17:09 +0000 (02:17 +0000)
committerNathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:05:44 +0000 (18:05 -0700)
commitb9d21c32dca2167a614e66c9e27999b9e1c33d55
treef7b356ddd764b01586430ac9e9da3767b68f23ef
parent7abef41afad05be1a4b2a3303b9ecf62403463a1
kconfig: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in conf_askvalue

In conf_askvalue(), the 'def' argument (retrieved via sym_get_string_value)
can be NULL. While current call sites ensure that 'def' is valid,
calling printf("%s\n", def) is technically undefined behavior and could
lead to a segmentation fault on certain libc implementations if the
function were called with a NULL pointer in the future.

Improve the robustness of conf_askvalue() by providing an empty string
as a fallback.

Additionally, remove the redundant re-initialization of the 'line'
buffer inside the !sym_is_changeable(sym) block, as it is already
properly initialized at the function entry.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306021709.27068-1-micro6947@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
scripts/kconfig/conf.c