# [PATCH] http-fetch: fix possible segfault

1 messages from 2006-06-07 to 2006-06-07. Participants: Nick Hengeveld.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/4418

## Nick Hengeveld, 2006-06-07 05:22

Subject: [PATCH] http-fetch: fix possible segfault
Message-ID: <20060607052235.GA4000@reactrix.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20060607052235.GA4000%40reactrix.com

```
Initialize an object request's slot to a safe value.  A non-NULL value
can cause a segfault if the request is aborted before it starts.

Signed-off-by: Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
---
 http-fetch.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 661c909..d3602b7 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ void prefetch(unsigned char *sha1)
 	snprintf(newreq->filename, sizeof(newreq->filename), "%s", filename);
 	snprintf(newreq->tmpfile, sizeof(newreq->tmpfile),
 		 "%s.temp", filename);
+	newreq->slot = NULL;
 	newreq->next = NULL;
 
 	if (object_queue_head == NULL) {
-- 
1.4.0.rc1.gf75c7-dirty

```