When trying to remove nonexistent metadata from XML, libvirt daemon crashes due to dereferencing NULL pointer. Resolves https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143955 --- src/util/virxml.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c index a91da05..f386956 100644 --- a/src/util/virxml.c +++ b/src/util/virxml.c @@ -972,7 +972,9 @@ xmlNodePtr virXMLFindChildNodeByNs(xmlNodePtr root, const char *uri) { - xmlNodePtr next; + xmlNodePtr next = NULL; + if (!root) + goto cleanup; for (next = root->children; next; next = next->next) { if (next->ns && @@ -980,6 +982,7 @@ virXMLFindChildNodeByNs(xmlNodePtr root, return next; } + cleanup: return NULL; } -- 1.9.3