[bug #24986] crash at startup because of using uninitialized variable

[Zdenek Sojka <INVALID NOREPLY gnu org>]

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                 Summary: crash at startup because of using uninitialized
variable
                 Project: GNU Midnight Commander
            Submitted by: zsojka
            Submitted on: Tue 02 Dec 2008 08:39:58 PM GMT
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.6.2-pre1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Hello,

mc crashes at startup (SIGSEGV) on my system after uninitialized variable is
passed to tgetstr() in tty.c : 230.
Initializing that variable to NULL fixes the problem for me.

I will provide any further info if needed.

Attached - patch and showcase (forcing non-NULL value to crash)
(diffs against currect CVS)




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File Attachments:


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Date: Tue 02 Dec 2008 08:39:58 PM GMT  Name: startup_crash_fix.diff  Size:
218B   By: zsojka

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=16968>
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Date: Tue 02 Dec 2008 08:39:58 PM GMT  Name:
force_invalid_value_to_crash.diff  Size: 270B   By: zsojka

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=16969>

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