Avoid to count the matches of a non-existing pattern.

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/analysis/scan/grammar.y b/src/analysis/scan/grammar.y
index 9c3b08b..898b135 100644
--- a/src/analysis/scan/grammar.y
+++ b/src/analysis/scan/grammar.y
@@ -343,8 +343,13 @@ string_decl : IDENTIFIER ASSIGN PLAIN_STRING
                 {
                     GSearchPattern *__pat;
                     __pat = g_scan_rule_get_local_variable(*built_rule, $1.data);
-                    $$ = g_scan_match_counter_new(__pat);
-                    g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(__pat));
+                    if (__pat == NULL)
+                        $$ = NULL;
+                    else
+                    {
+                        $$ = g_scan_match_counter_new(__pat);
+                        g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(__pat));
+                    }
                 }
                 ;
 
diff --git a/tests/analysis/scan/fuzzing.py b/tests/analysis/scan/fuzzing.py
index 0870ed4..2140972 100644
--- a/tests/analysis/scan/fuzzing.py
+++ b/tests/analysis/scan/fuzzing.py
@@ -46,3 +46,20 @@ rule test {
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Unable to create content scanner'):
 
             scanner = ContentScanner(rule)
+
+
+    def testNonExistingPattern(self):
+        """Avoid to count the matches of a non-existing pattern."""
+
+        rule = '''
+rule test {
+
+   condition:
+      #badid
+
+}
+'''
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, 'Unable to create content scanner'):
+
+            scanner = ContentScanner(rule)