diff -up logrotate-3.7.6/logrotate.c.segfault logrotate-3.7.6/logrotate.c
--- logrotate-3.7.6/logrotate.c.segfault	2008-02-11 11:33:52.000000000 +0100
+++ logrotate-3.7.6/logrotate.c	2008-02-11 11:34:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ static int readState(char *stateFilename
 {
     FILE *f;
     char buf[1024];
-    const char **argv;
+    const char **argv = NULL;
     int argc;
     int year, month, day;
     int i;
@@ -1409,7 +1409,8 @@ static int readState(char *stateFilename
 	    message(MESS_ERROR,
 		    "bad year %d for file %s in state file %s\n", year,
 		    argv[0], stateFilename);
-	    free(argv);
+	    if(argv)
+			free(argv);
 	    fclose(f);
 	    return 1;
 	}
@@ -1418,7 +1419,8 @@ static int readState(char *stateFilename
 	    message(MESS_ERROR,
 		    "bad month %d for file %s in state file %s\n", month,
 		    argv[0], stateFilename);
-	    free(argv);
+	    if(argv)
+			free(argv);
 	    fclose(f);
 	    return 1;
 	}
@@ -1428,7 +1430,8 @@ static int readState(char *stateFilename
 	    message(MESS_ERROR,
 		    "bad day %d for file %s in state file %s\n", day,
 		    argv[0], stateFilename);
-	    free(argv);
+	    if(argv)
+			free(argv);
 	    fclose(f);
 	    return 1;
 	}
@@ -1445,7 +1448,8 @@ static int readState(char *stateFilename
 	lr_time = mktime(&st->lastRotated);
 	st->lastRotated = *localtime(&lr_time);
 
-	free(argv);
+	if(argv)
+		free(argv);
     }
 
     fclose(f);