Coverity FORWARD_NULL - CID 12444 - compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/compiz.cpp - in function: loadPluginFromXMLFile(_CCSContext *, char *, char *) - Passing null pointer "pbFilePath" to function "writePBFile(char *, PluginMetadata *, PluginBriefMetadata *, stat *)", which dereferences it. Passing null pointer "pbFilePath" to function "updatePBFilePath(CCSContext *, char *, char *)", which dereferences it. (2x FORWARD_NULL)

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CID: 12444
Checker: FORWARD_NULL
Category: deref_constant_null
CWE definition: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
File: /tmp/buildd/compiz-0.9.9~daily13.01.14/compizconfig/libcompizconfig/src/compiz.cpp
Function: loadPluginFromXMLFile(_CCSContext *, char *, char *)
Code snippet:
2829 }
2830
2831 #ifdef USE_PROTOBUF
2832 char *name = NULL;
CID 12444 - FORWARD_NULL
Assigning: "pbFilePath" = "NULL".
Assigning: "pbFilePath" = "NULL".
2833 char *pbFilePath = NULL;
2834 struct stat xmlStat;
2835 Bool removePB = FALSE;
2836
2837 if (usingProtobuf)
2838 {