X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org/?p=lttng-tools.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=liblttngctl%2Flttngctl.c;h=b64ace2e6d80de0ce085791f698604e53f8eb523;hp=42f3ad2ae9950729c3c53922c759d53173d59ee5;hb=83009e5e25be5591c5a08e018e95a7d9baf7c108;hpb=2269e89ed1579f2d4fb0bc9a801af03c5c39fa52

diff --git a/liblttngctl/lttngctl.c b/liblttngctl/lttngctl.c
index 42f3ad2ae..b64ace2e6 100644
--- a/liblttngctl/lttngctl.c
+++ b/liblttngctl/lttngctl.c
@@ -21,18 +21,17 @@
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <errno.h>
 #include <grp.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <lttng/lttng.h>
-
 #include <lttng-sessiond-comm.h>
-#include "lttngerr.h"
-#include "lttng-share.h"
+#include <lttng-share.h>
+#include <lttng/lttng.h>
+#include <lttngerr.h>
 
 /* Socket to session daemon for communication */
 static int sessiond_socket;
@@ -344,6 +343,16 @@ static int ask_sessiond(struct lttcomm_session_msg *lsm, void **buf)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Extra protection not to dereference a NULL pointer. If buf is NULL at
+	 * this point, an error is returned and data is freed.
+	 */
+	if (buf == NULL) {
+		ret = -1;
+		free(data);
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	*buf = data;
 	ret = size;