Merge pull request #860 from appneta/Bug_824_PR_843_empty_CIDR_check_…

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Bug #824 and PR #843: check for empty CIDR

.github/workflows/c-linter.yml

@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.linter.outputs.checks-failed > 0
         # for testing...
         # run: echo "Some files failed the linting checks!"
+        # for development...
+        run: exit 0 # exit the job with a success status
         # for actual deployment...
-        run: exit 1
+        # run: exit 1 # exit the job with a failure status
+

docs/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 06/01/2024 Version 4.5.0-beta1
     - add check for IPv6 extension header length (#827 #842)
+    - add check for empty CIDR (#824 #843)
     - GitHub template for pull requests (#839)
     - handle IPv6 fragment extension header (#832 #837)
     - configure.ac: unify search dirs for pcap and add lib32 (#819)

src/common/cidr.c

@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ parse_cidr(tcpr_cidr_t **cidrdata, char *cidrin, char *delim)
     char *network;
     char *token = NULL;
 
+    if (cidrin == NULL) {
+        errx(-1, "%s", "Unable to parse empty CIDR");
+    }
+
     mask_cidr6(&cidrin, delim);
 
     /* first iteration of input using strtok */