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+When ss is invoked with the no-header flag, if the query doesn't return
+any result, render() is called with 'buffer' uninitialized. This
+currently leads to a segfault. Ensure that buffer is initialized before
+rendering.
+
+The bug can be triggered with: ss -H sport = 100000
+
+Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jphilippe.brucker@xxxxxxxxx>
+---
+ misc/ss.c | 7 ++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
+index e047f9c0..e087bef7 100644
+--- a/misc/ss.c
++++ b/misc/ss.c
+@@ -1197,10 +1197,15 @@ newline:
+ /* Render buffered output with spacing and delimiters, then free up buffers */
+ static void render(int screen_width)
+ {
+- struct buf_token *token = (struct buf_token *)buffer.head->data;
++ struct buf_token *token;
+ int printed, line_started = 0;
+ struct column *f;
+
++ if (!buffer.head)
++ return;
++
++ token = (struct buf_token *)buffer.head->data;
++
+ /* Ensure end alignment of last token, it wasn't necessarily flushed */
+ buffer.tail->end += buffer.cur->len % 2;
+
+--
+2.16.2
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