Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] net: Fix a potential segfault

[Thomas Huth]

On 11.06.2018 11:23, Lin Ma wrote:
> If user forgets to provide any backend types for '-netdev' in qemu CLI,
> It triggers seg fault.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> Expected:
> $ qemu -netdev id=net0
> qemu-system-x86_64: Parameter 'type' is missing
> 
> Actual:
> $ qemu -netdev id=net0
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <address@hidden>
> ---
>  net/net.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
> index efb9eaf779..2a3133990c 100644
> --- a/net/net.c
> +++ b/net/net.c
> @@ -1093,7 +1093,9 @@ static int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool 
> is_netdev, Error **errp)
>      int ret = -1;
>      Visitor *v = opts_visitor_new(opts);
>  
> -    if (is_netdev && is_help_option(qemu_opt_get(opts, "type"))) {
> +    const char *type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "type");
> +
> +    if (is_netdev && type && is_help_option(type)) {
>          show_netdevs();
>          exit(0);
>      } else {
> 

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>