Fix crash with NUL character in path given to --file-list - #8902
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011BxKvJgr98DbCiLT3aKnmu
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Description
If a path in the --file-list file contains a NUL character, cppcheck keeps opening the same folder over and over until it crashes
Crash Replication
seg fault is expected
Proposed Patch
If a path in --file-list file contains NUL character, reject it.