Bug 6396 - xkb error prevention, isn't
Summary: xkb error prevention, isn't
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/Input/Core (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: All All
: high normal
Assignee: Daniel Stone
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Whiteboard:
Keywords: janitor
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-03-26 06:05 UTC by Daniel Stone
Modified: 2018-06-04 13:45 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Stone 2006-03-26 06:05:58 UTC 
Most XKB functions look something like this:
int
XkbIndecipherable (DeviceIntPtr dev)
{
    XkbControlsPtr ctrls = dev->key->xkbInfo->desc->ctrls;

    ...
}

They need some serious idiot-proofing, as incomplete maps can really easily trip
all kinds of NULL pointer dereferences.
Comment 1 Daniel Stone 2006-03-26 06:07:41 UTC 
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Comment 2 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:31:14 UTC 
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 3 chemtech 2013-03-15 14:45:17 UTC 
Daniel Stone 
Do you still experience this issue with newer soft ?
Please check the status of your issue.
Comment 4 Daniel Stone 2018-06-04 13:45:35 UTC 
This seems much less fragile now that XKB is mandatory and the first-order keymap.

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