From 3d73538a5b543eded3f6963b18b76e9dbac273b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shivani Bhardwaj <shivani@oisf.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:46:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] af-packet: check out_iface not NULL

---
 src/runmode-af-packet.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/runmode-af-packet.c b/src/runmode-af-packet.c
index b45b0dad7e..fff1bd45b9 100644
--- a/src/runmode-af-packet.c
+++ b/src/runmode-af-packet.c
@@ -287,8 +287,12 @@ static void *ParseAFPConfig(const char *iface)
     }
 
     if (ConfGetChildValueWithDefault(if_root, if_default, "copy-iface", &out_iface) == 1) {
-        if (strlen(out_iface) > 0) {
-            aconf->out_iface = out_iface;
+        if (out_iface != NULL) {
+            if (strlen(out_iface) > 0) {
+                aconf->out_iface = out_iface;
+            }
+        } else {
+            SCLogWarning("copy-iface corresponding to %s interface cannot be NULL", iface);
         }
     }