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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] r42853: Add a null check to fix Coverity CID 280210?(packet-

From: Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 00:47:15 +0200
On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 05:06:39PM +0000, Christopher Maynard wrote:
> Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws@...> writes:
> 
> > I don't have access to coverity scans, and I really don't know what 
> > CID 280210 means,
>
> You should be able to get access if you want it.  Here's the relevant question
> in their FAQ regarding accounts:
> http://scan.coverity.com/developers-faq.html#get-account.  When I got access, I
> just sent a request to Coverity, but maybe now Gerald has to approve?  Or maybe
> Gerald did approve and I just didn't realize it. 

Well I don't care much about access to coverity scans,
I think there is plenty of bugs to fix in wireshark BTS ;-)

> > Maybe CID 280210 is about 'tpt_conv_data' variable?
> 
> I think you're right.  Here's the relevant Coverity information:
> 
> 537        tpt_conversation = get_tpt_conversation(pinfo, TRUE);
> CID 280210: Dereference null return value (NULL_RETURNS)Function
> "conversation_get_proto_data" returns null (checked 115 out of 131 times). 
> [show details]
> Assigning: "tpt_conv_data" = null return value from 
> "conversation_get_proto_data".
>  538        tpt_conv_data = (jxta_stream_conversation_data *)
> conversation_get_proto_data(tpt_conversation, proto_jxta);
>  539
> Dereferencing a null pointer "tpt_conv_data".
>  540        if (0 == tpt_conv_data->initiator_welcome_frame) {

I've done some cleanup in r42932 (I hope correct), if it doesn't fix CID 280210
I'd vote to add some:
   g_asse^W DISSECTOR_ASSERT(tpt_conv_data != NULL);

;-)