strip.c: Pointer `arhdr` created at strip.c:2741 and then dereferenced without NULL-check. The same situation for the `arhdr` pointer at the objdump.c:313 and the `h` pointer at the readelf.c:13545. Triggers found by static analyzer Svace. Signed-off-by: Maks Mishin --- src/objdump.c | 5 +++++ src/readelf.c | 5 +++++ src/strip.c | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+) --- a/src/objdump.c +++ b/src/objdump.c @@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ handle_ar (int fd, Elf *elf, const char { /* The the header for this element. */ Elf_Arhdr *arhdr = elf_getarhdr (subelf); + if (arhdr == NULL) + { + printf ("cannot get arhdr: %s\n", elf_errmsg (-1)); + exit (1); + } /* Skip over the index entries. */ if (strcmp (arhdr->ar_name, "/") != 0 --- a/src/readelf.c +++ b/src/readelf.c @@ -13543,6 +13543,11 @@ dump_archive_index (Elf *elf, const char as_off, fname, elf_errmsg (-1)); const Elf_Arhdr *h = elf_getarhdr (subelf); + if (h == NULL) + { + printf ("cannot get arhdr: %s\n", elf_errmsg (-1)); + exit (1); + } printf (_("Archive member '%s' contains:\n"), h->ar_name); --- a/src/strip.c +++ b/src/strip.c @@ -2739,6 +2739,11 @@ handle_ar (int fd, Elf *elf, const char { /* The the header for this element. */ Elf_Arhdr *arhdr = elf_getarhdr (subelf); + if (arhdr == NULL) + { + printf ("cannot get arhdr: %s\n", elf_errmsg (-1)); + exit (1); + } if (elf_kind (subelf) == ELF_K_ELF) result |= handle_elf (fd, subelf, new_prefix, arhdr->ar_name, 0, NULL);