[LUCENE-6627] Null dereference

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 6.0
• Fix Version/s: 6.0
• Component/s: modules/queryparser
• Labels: github-pullrequest
• Lucene Fields: New, Patch Available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Rishabh Patel
• Created: 27/Jun/15 05:54
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:37

Description

In the file PhraseSlopQueryNode.java, calls to getChild() and getChildren() might return null. Further operations on them might cause null pointer exceptions.

These can be fixed by checking for null in returned values.