The remoteOpenConn() function was refactored recently. As a part of that new variable @newconn was introduced which holds virConnect object as it's being gradually constructed throughout the function. At the very end, when everything succeeded the variable is stolen into passed @conn. However, there was one line missed in the refactor which still access the @conn instead of @newconn leading to a NULL dereference. Fixes: f7c422993e4c7ca3e58b1d0d69f4772851af399f Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c b/src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c index c1f85925a3..0fde4233a5 100644 --- a/src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c +++ b/src/remote/remote_daemon_dispatch.c @@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ remoteOpenConn(const char *uri, VIR_DEBUG("Opened driver %p", newconn); if (preserveIdentity) { - if (virConnectSetIdentity(*conn, identparams->par, identparams->npar, 0) < 0) + if (virConnectSetIdentity(newconn, identparams->par, identparams->npar, 0) < 0) return -1; VIR_DEBUG("Forwarded current identity to secondary driver"); -- 2.35.1