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-rw-r--r--changes/bug57964
-rw-r--r--src/or/control.c4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug5796 b/changes/bug5796
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b92659f74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug5796
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ o Minor bugfixes (controller):
+ - Fix a NULL-pointer derefernce on a badly formed
+ SETCIRCUITPURPOSE command. Found by mikeyc. Fixes bug 5796;
+ bugfix on 0.2.2.9-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/control.c b/src/or/control.c
index c1a19ca214..d6e693285c 100644
--- a/src/or/control.c
+++ b/src/or/control.c
@@ -2389,6 +2389,10 @@ handle_control_setcircuitpurpose(control_connection_t *conn,
{
const char *purp = find_element_starting_with(args,1,"PURPOSE=");
+ if (!purp) {
+ connection_write_str_to_buf("552 No purpose given\r\n", conn);
+ goto done;
+ }
new_purpose = circuit_purpose_from_string(purp);
if (new_purpose == CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_UNKNOWN) {
connection_printf_to_buf(conn, "552 Unknown purpose \"%s\"\r\n", purp);