If user forgets to provide any backend types for '-netdev' in qemu CLI, It triggers seg fault.
e.g. Expected: $ qemu -netdev id=net0 qemu-system-x86_64: Parameter 'type' is missing Actual: $ qemu -netdev id=net0 Segmentation fault (core dumped) Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <l...@suse.com> --- net/net.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c index efb9eaf779..2a3133990c 100644 --- a/net/net.c +++ b/net/net.c @@ -1093,7 +1093,9 @@ static int net_client_init(QemuOpts *opts, bool is_netdev, Error **errp) int ret = -1; Visitor *v = opts_visitor_new(opts); - if (is_netdev && is_help_option(qemu_opt_get(opts, "type"))) { + const char *type = qemu_opt_get(opts, "type"); + + if (is_netdev && type && is_help_option(type)) { show_netdevs(); exit(0); } else { -- 2.16.2