Prevent some SEGVs on ill-formed comands.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/json.c b/json.c
index 4131c323..afd7954a 100644
--- a/json.c
+++ b/json.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static int json_internal_read_object(const char *cp, const struct json_attr_t *a
     const struct json_enum_t *mp;
     char *lptr;
 
+    *end = NULL;	/* give it a well-defined value on parse failure */
+
     /* stuff fields with defaults in case they're omitted in the JSON input */
     for (cursor = attrs; cursor->attribute != NULL; cursor++) {
 	lptr = json_target_address(cursor, parent, offset);