# HG changeset patch
# User Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de>
# Date 1683871241 -7200
# Node ID e2911d0176dc7cb68fa9c8c6e528717ff8937f1d
# Parent  66ecc0d4d6ce9e0e363d54ff99edfe4c3315b6b7
uniconv-wrappers: Avoid freeing uninitialized pointer (bug #64182).

* liboctave/wrappers/uniconv-wrappers.c (octave_u8_conv_to_encoding_intern):
Initialize pointer with NULL that might be freed without assignment otherwise.

diff -r 66ecc0d4d6ce -r e2911d0176dc liboctave/wrappers/uniconv-wrappers.c
--- a/liboctave/wrappers/uniconv-wrappers.c	Sun May 07 18:13:19 2023 +0200
+++ b/liboctave/wrappers/uniconv-wrappers.c	Fri May 12 08:00:41 2023 +0200
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       || (tocode[2] != 'f' && tocode[2] != 'F'))
     padlen++;
 
-  uint8_t *u8_str;
+  uint8_t *u8_str = NULL;
   const uint8_t *cu8_str;
   if (srclen < padlen)
     {