issue in ActiveXControlComponent::createControl

Windows
1

In the following part of the method, the info pointer is released at the beginning of the block, but it is used later and thus it results in accessing a null pointer.

I think the control = info.release() line should have been put immediately before the return statement

[code] if (info->control->DoVerb (OLEIVERB_SHOW, 0, info->clientSite, 0, hwnd, &rect) == S_OK)
{
control = info.release();
setControlBounds (Rectangle (x, y, getWidth(), getHeight()));

                info->controlHWND = getHWND (this);

                if (info->controlHWND != 0)
                {
                    originalWndProc = (void*) (pointer_sized_int) GetWindowLongPtr ((HWND) info->controlHWND, GWLP_WNDPROC);
                    SetWindowLongPtr ((HWND) info->controlHWND, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR) activeXHookWndProc);
                }

                return true;
            }

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2

Yes, sorry about that one. I had actually already spotted it, but haven’t had chance to do a check-in yet…

3

How would the code look like? I’d need to fix it ASAP

4

Moving the release() to be before the return like you suggested would work fine.

5

No it doesn’t because the setControlBounds function relies on having “control” already initialised, which is not the case if I move the line control = info.release() at the bottom

6

I meant move the release(), but not the "control = " bit… Anyway, here’s what I had:

[code] if (info->control->DoVerb (OLEIVERB_SHOW, 0, info->clientSite, 0, hwnd, &rect) == S_OK)
{
control = info.release();
setControlBounds (Rectangle (x, y, getWidth(), getHeight()));

                ((ActiveXControlData*) control)->controlHWND = getHWND (this);

                if (((ActiveXControlData*) control)->controlHWND != 0)
                {
                    originalWndProc = (void*) (pointer_sized_int) GetWindowLongPtr ((HWND) ((ActiveXControlData*) control)->controlHWND, GWLP_WNDPROC);
                    SetWindowLongPtr ((HWND) ((ActiveXControlData*) control)->controlHWND, GWLP_WNDPROC, (LONG_PTR) activeXHookWndProc);
                }

                return true;
            }

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