[AVRO-1014] Avro-C's Avrocat does not check if avro_value_to_json fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.2
• Component/s: c
• Labels: avrocat
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Lucas Martin-King
• Created: 31/Jan/12 01:06
• Updated: 15/Feb/12 00:46
• Resolved: 01/Feb/12 17:38

Description

In avrocat.c, function process_file, the return value of avro_value_to_json is not checked, so if the JSON conversion fails, a free of the char *json will occur.

I have attached a patch to check the return value and print an error.