nitialize data pointer before setting it

So that if there's an error setting it, we can free it without
the system blowing up.

Closes Debian bug #606450

diff --git a/src/main/conffile.c b/src/main/conffile.c
index 8fb25783cab4924b5124a7b3d8b6a097f38594cd..f09c227b78c29777ffea6b43a27ef1a06f593c52 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main/conffile.c
+++ b/src/main/conffile.c
@@ -1101,6 +1101,11 @@ int cf_section_parse(CONF_SECTION *cs, void *base,
                        goto error;
                }
 
+               if ((variables[i].type == PW_TYPE_STRING_PTR) ||
+                   (variables[i].type == PW_TYPE_FILENAME)) {
+                       *(char **) data = NULL;
+               }
+
                /*
                 *      Parse the pair we found, or a default value.
                 */