options: Ensure ldop is not NULL dereferenced

[rsmarples]

ldop itself cannot be non NULL as it points to the location. but *ldop CAN be NULL.

Fixes #567.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

A pointer dereference condition in src/if-options.c was modified from checking if the pointer itself is non-NULL to checking if the value it points to is non-NULL, affecting the control flow for assigning embedded options after define/encap operations when no existing embedded option exists.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
NULL pointer dereference fix src/if-options.c	Modified pointer null-check condition from ldop to *ldop in embedded options branching logic to prevent dereferencing a NULL pointer target

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

• Single-line conditional modification in a well-defined branch
• Fix directly addresses the NULL pointer dereference reported in the linked issue
• No changes to function signatures, exported interfaces, or complex logic patterns

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately reflects the primary change: preventing NULL pointer dereference of the dereferenced ldop pointer in the if-options.c file.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the distinction between ldop pointer validity and dereferenced value validity, and references the linked issue #567 being fixed.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The code change directly addresses issue #567 by changing the condition from checking if ldop is non-NULL to checking if *ldop is non-NULL, preventing NULL pointer dereference of the dereferenced value.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The change is narrowly scoped to fixing the NULL dereference issue in the embed/define branching logic, with no additional unrelated modifications.

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🔇 Additional comments (1)

src/if-options.c (1)

1885-1887: LGTM! Critical NULL dereference fix.

The change correctly addresses the NULL pointer dereference reported in issue #567. Since ldop is a double-pointer (struct dhcp_opt **), the parameter itself cannot be NULL, but the value it points to (*ldop) can be (as set at line 1878). The old condition if (ldop) was always true and failed to guard the dereferences at lines 1886-1887. The corrected condition if (*ldop) properly validates that the pointed-to value is non-NULL before accessing (*ldop)->embopts.

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