bug#13074: VM Segfaults with Bad `Call' Instruction

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Noah,

Noah Lavine <noah.b.lav...@gmail.com> skribis:

> diff --git a/libguile/vm-i-system.c b/libguile/vm-i-system.c
> index 7153ab5..dff2ab2 100644
> --- a/libguile/vm-i-system.c
> +++ b/libguile/vm-i-system.c
> @@ -793,7 +793,9 @@ VM_DEFINE_INSTRUCTION (55, call, "call", 1, -1, 1)
>
>    VM_HANDLE_INTERRUPTS;
>
> -  if (SCM_UNLIKELY (!SCM_PROGRAM_P (program)))
> +  if (SCM_UNLIKELY (program == NULL))
> +    goto vm_error_bad_instruction;
> +  else if (SCM_UNLIKELY (!SCM_PROGRAM_P (program)))
>      {
>        if (SCM_STRUCTP (program) && SCM_STRUCT_APPLICABLE_P (program))
>          {

I’d rather not apply it, because it adds overhead for every call for a
situation that cannot happen when using Guile’s compiler, IIUC.

WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.