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tx: add missing check for NULL written param

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jon Griffiths

68/100 · Adequate
tx: add missing check for NULL written param

Reported-by: Jordan Mecom (@jmecom) via https://github.com/jmecom/odo
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a simple but real bug in a transaction helper function. Before the fix, if a caller accidentally passed a null pointer as the output parameter, the library would crash by writing to address zero. The fix adds a standard null check and returns an error instead. It is a defensive hardening change rather than an active remote exploit, but it removes a reliable local crash path.

Recommended action

Apply the patch. It is low-risk and aligns the function with the rest of the API's null-check conventions. Review other similar one-liner output functions for the same pattern.

Security signals we found

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NULL pointer dereference crash fixed

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Missing input validation on public API output parameter

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Reported by external researcher with a proof-of-concept tool

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Small, targeted hardening patch

Risk score

Why this scored 36/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 7/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 6/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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