From: Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
To: nathan@kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org, rdunlap@infradead.org,
masahiroy@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kconfig: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in conf_askvalue
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:22:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260225072246.3475275-1-micro6947@gmail.com> (raw)
In conf_askvalue(), the 'def' argument (retrieved via sym_get_string_value)
can be NULL. When the symbol is not changeable, the code calls
printf("%s\n", def), which leads to a segmentation fault on certain
systems/libc implementations when passing a NULL pointer to %s.
This patch adds a check to ensure 'def' is not NULL before printing.
Additionally, it removes the redundant re-initialization of the 'line'
buffer inside the !sym_is_changeable(sym) block, as it is already
initialized at the beginning of the function.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
---
scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index a7b44cd8a..2771bc84e 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -297,9 +297,7 @@ static int conf_askvalue(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
line[1] = 0;
if (!sym_is_changeable(sym)) {
- printf("%s\n", def);
- line[0] = '\n';
- line[1] = 0;
+ printf("%s\n", def ? def : "");
return 0;
}
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@ static int conf_askvalue(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
case oldconfig:
case syncconfig:
if (sym_has_value(sym)) {
- printf("%s\n", def);
+ printf("%s\n", def ? def : "");
return 0;
}
/* fall through */
--
2.25.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 7:22 Xingjing Deng [this message]
2026-02-25 19:44 ` [PATCH] kconfig: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in conf_askvalue Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-26 1:25 ` Xingjing Deng
2026-02-26 20:35 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-01 5:31 ` Xingjing Deng
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