SEGV when make is run with malformed environment

Mohamed Ait Oubarka <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:56:28 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs
Message-ID <CAEqQ1bJzA_Lk-C2bXkdE78jVxo6tUrY4BMJ7v9XzR5TGVYk8Rg@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,

GNU Make crashes with a SEGV when the environment contains invalid entries.
For example:

```c
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
    char *envp[] = {"key", NULL};    // key without value
    execve("/bin/make", (char *[]) {"/bin/make", NULL}, envp);
}
```

Regards,
OUBARKA