linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nconfig: prevent segfault on empty menu

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:02:54 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Andrej Gelenberg <andrej.gelenberg@....edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nconfig: prevent segfault on empty menu

Hi,

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Andrej Gelenberg
<andrej.gelenberg@....edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i found and fixed an NULL-dereference bug in nconf tool.
>
> How to reproduce:
> 1. $ make nconfig
> 2. disable "Kernel hacking -> Debug Filesystem"
> 3. go to "General setup -> GCOV-based kernel profiling" and hit F2
> it should segfault
>
> Fix: i have added some checks for "struct menu*" to be NULL before it
> get dereferenced
>
I am not a huge fan of this. The frontend should be careful not to try
to request the visibility or the prompt of an invalid menu. Following
this point of view, I would rather see assertion added than a test for
NULL, and fix the frontend appropriately to catch those case. Said
otherwise, there is no reason to apply a fix on the backend for an
nconfig-only issue.

 - Arnaud

> Regards,
> Andrej Gelenberg
>
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