json-c/json-c-0.13_json_object_avoid_invalid_free.patch

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From 9aca3b6a087a396a81d7e26f4557eb97fecc1386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Esser?= <besser82@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:22:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] json_object: Avoid invalid free (and thus a segfault) when
ref_count gets < 0
---
json_object.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/json_object.c b/json_object.c
index 042477a71b..7c7438d8ea 100644
--- a/json_object.c
+++ b/json_object.c
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ int json_object_put(struct json_object *jso)
{
if(!jso) return 0;
+ /* Avoid invalid free and crash explicitly instead of (silently)
+ * segfaulting.
+ */
+ assert(jso->_ref_count > 0);
+
#if defined(HAVE_ATOMIC_BUILTINS) && defined(ENABLE_THREADING)
/* Note: this only allow the refcount to remain correct
* when multiple threads are adjusting it. It is still an error