From: Otto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 10:11:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: rec: With catalog zone transfers, check if SOA is defined before using
X-Git-Tag: rec-5.3.8~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83c76cfe8890e53280f092b7e5188b9da3c8213e;p=thirdparty%2Fpdns.git

rec: With catalog zone transfers, check if SOA is defined before using

Signed-off-by: Otto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
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diff --git a/pdns/recursordist/rec-xfr.cc b/pdns/recursordist/rec-xfr.cc
index d50daeacea..96066d5c56 100644
--- a/pdns/recursordist/rec-xfr.cc
+++ b/pdns/recursordist/rec-xfr.cc
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ static shared_ptr<const SOARecordContent> loadZoneFromServer(Logr::log_t plogger
     zone->clear();
     throw PDNSException("duplicate PTR values in catalog zone");
   }
+  if (!soaRecordContent) {
+    zone->clear();
+    throw PDNSException("No valid SOA found in catalog zone AXFR");
+  }
   logger->info(Logr::Info, "Zone load completed", "nrecords", Logging::Loggable(nrecords), "soa", Logging::Loggable(soaRecordContent->getZoneRepresentation()));
   return soaRecordContent;
 }