https://gcc.gnu.org/g:ee4cc961ce399f2f3ac92fd711551677d61771da
commit r15-2451-gee4cc961ce399f2f3ac92fd711551677d61771da Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwak...@redhat.com> Date: Wed Jul 31 13:56:14 2024 +0100 libstdc++: Handle strerror returning null The linux man page for strerror says that some systems return NULL for an unknown error number. That violates the C and POSIX standards, but we can esily handle it to avoid a segfault. libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog: * src/c++11/system_error.cc (strerror_string): Handle non-conforming NULL return from strerror. Diff: --- libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/system_error.cc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/system_error.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/system_error.cc index d01451ba1ef6..38bc04461101 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/system_error.cc +++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/system_error.cc @@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ namespace #else string strerror_string(int err) { - return strerror(err); // XXX Not thread-safe. + auto str = strerror(err); // XXX Not thread-safe. + if (str) [[__likely__]] + return str; + // strerror should not return NULL, but some implementations do. + return "Unknown error"; } #endif