From b06f61a3a513c5cfdd1eebba2743838d2e50b440 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Uhlin <markus@nifty-networks.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 17:02:41 +0100
Subject: truncate_file: fixed null ptr dereference

---
 FICS/utils.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'FICS')

diff --git a/FICS/utils.c b/FICS/utils.c
index ee7b676..05323e5 100644
--- a/FICS/utils.c
+++ b/FICS/utils.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 						ignored fgets() retvals.
    Markus Uhlin			24/12/02	Fixed a possible array overrun
 						in truncate_file().
+   Markus Uhlin			25/03/09	truncate_file:
+						fixed null ptr dereference.
 */
 
 #include "stdinclude.h"
@@ -807,7 +809,10 @@ truncate_file(char *file, int lines)
 	fclose(fp);
 
 	if (trunc) {
-		fp = fopen(file, "w");
+		if ((fp = fopen(file, "w")) == NULL) {
+			warn("%s: fopen", __func__);
+			return 1;
+		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < lines; i++) {
 			fputs(tBuf[bptr], fp);
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