commit f16d8b2dda077d8252c3f7d19e6a5bc15d1d51c1
author zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com> Thu Apr 03 21:21:15 2025 +0200
committer Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org> Thu Apr 03 21:21:15 2025 +0200
tree eb3172d3a7f370343d8df239733054d584f7d9bf
parent 3e50a28a03d136c1e0c1f4fabe50d97faaf08c5c

patch 9.1.1273: Coverity warns about using uninitialized value

Problem:  Coverity warns about using uninitialized value
          (after 9.1.1270).
Solution: Put an empty string in "buf" when allocation fails (zeertzjq).

closes: #17040

Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

src/buffer.c

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 8277b72..90ca596 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -4037,6 +4037,8 @@
 		    vim_strncpy(buf, p, SPACE_FOR_FNAME);
 		    vim_free(p);
 		}
+		else
+		    STRCPY(buf, "");
 	    }
 
 #ifdef FEAT_TERMINAL