# [PATCH] Fix segfault in git-shell when given no argument.

1 messages from 2005-11-25 to 2005-11-25. Participants: Tommi Virtanen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2674

## Tommi Virtanen, 2005-11-25 11:49

Subject: [PATCH] Fix segfault in git-shell when given no argument.
Message-ID: <11329193711298-git-send-email-tv@inoi.fi>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11329193711298-git-send-email-tv%40inoi.fi

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The bug is trivially reproducible with "git-shell -c git-receive-pack"

Signed-off-by: Tommi Virtanen <tv@inoi.fi>

---

 shell.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

applies-to: 2ada0cb8fce070b6b2c56fa689791230636f1857
4fbfea212a9afcd123a213e20388b1fa775fc7fe
diff --git a/shell.c b/shell.c
index 2c4789e..7fab432 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/shell.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ static int do_generic_cmd(const char *me
 {
 	const char *my_argv[4];
 
+	if (!arg)
+		die("missing argument");
 	arg = sq_dequote(arg);
 	if (!arg)
 		die("bad argument");
---
0.99.9.GIT

```