[PATCH v2] ld: fix segfault when linker script is not found

[Jan Beulich]

On 10.09.2025 13:34, Matthieu Longo wrote:
> ld previously crashed with a segmentation fault if the specified linker
> script could not be found. The issue seems to have been introduced
> recently by d048eee2910 [1].
> 
> This patch adds a check to ensure that a filename was found after
> searching the possible prefixes. If no filename was found, the function
> returns NULL, and ldfile_open_command_file_1() emits a proper fatal
> error message.
> This change prevents the crash and provides a clear diagnostic.
> 
> A new generic test was also added to cover this error case.
> 
> [1]: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/20250812143757.3565482-1-hjl
>      .tools@gmail.com/

Okay, and thanks for fixing this.

Jan