[BusyBox 0005794]: vi on busybox 1.12.1 has a null pointer dereference

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=5794 
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Reported By:                mspiegle
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   5794
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             10-28-2008 16:15 PDT
Last Modified:              11-12-2008 14:24 PST
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Summary:                    vi on busybox 1.12.1 has a null pointer dereference
Description: 
last_search_pattern in vi.c doesn't get initialized to anything, yet the
code under FEATURE_VI_SEARCH attempts to use it without checking.

Simply starting vi and hitting 'N' can trigger it.  Also, doing an empty
search (newline only) also triggers it.

If I set last_search_pattern to "" in main, it fixes it.  I'm not sure if
that's an appropriate fix though.
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 vda - 10-28-08 17:56  
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Please try
http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.12.1/busybox-1.12.1-vi.patch 

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 vda - 11-12-08 14:24  
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Fixed in svn and added to hotfixes. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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10-28-08 16:15  mspiegle       New Issue                                    
10-28-08 16:15  mspiegle       Status                   new => assigned     
10-28-08 16:15  mspiegle       Assigned To               => BusyBox         
10-28-08 17:56  vda            Note Added: 0014514                          
11-12-08 14:24  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
11-12-08 14:24  vda            Note Added: 0015654                          
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