From c54fdb76f8c1d14a2105f5489b5681af1c5345a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:53:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] protocol-native: check for NULL strings

SPA_POD_String allows NULL strings, so check for them.
---
 src/modules/module-client-device/protocol-native.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/module-client-device/protocol-native.c b/src/modules/module-client-device/protocol-native.c
index 59d16e31f..cbcca0c9a 100644
--- a/src/modules/module-client-device/protocol-native.c
+++ b/src/modules/module-client-device/protocol-native.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static inline int parse_item(struct spa_pod_parser *prs, struct spa_dict_item *i
 		       SPA_POD_String(&item->value),
 		       NULL)) < 0)
 		return res;
+	if (item->key == NULL || item->value == NULL)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (spa_strstartswith(item->value, "pointer:"))
 		item->value = "";
 	return 0;