commit 271906bc067a8f25422016665001d2e44cf618e2
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Aug 28 12:30:12 2021 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Aug 28 12:30:12 2021 +0200
tree 83fee8240a2be83f321c8cee236caa7afbb427fb
parent 6024c0427ce1196344439997d5e41a6f8546368c

patch 8.2.3379: crash when using NULL job

Problem:    Crash when using NULL job.
Solution:   Copy static string into buffer. (issue #8260)

src/job.c

diff --git a/src/job.c b/src/job.c
index 884bf64..afa9972 100644
--- a/src/job.c
+++ b/src/job.c
@@ -1983,7 +1983,10 @@
     char  *status;
 
     if (job == NULL)
-	return (char_u *)"no process";
+    {
+	vim_snprintf((char *)buf, NUMBUFLEN, "no process");
+	return buf;
+    }
     status = job->jv_status == JOB_FAILED ? "fail"
 		    : job->jv_status >= JOB_ENDED ? "dead"
 		    : "run";