Coverity static analysis: Dereference null return value in EntityUtil (Elytron) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ELY-740 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ELY-740 Project: WildFly Elytron Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Josef Cacek Assignee: Ilia Vassilev Labels: static_analysis Fix For: 1.1.0.Beta15 Coverity static-analysis scan found possible call on null object in {{EntityUtil.encodeAlgorithmIdentifier}} method: https://scan7.coverity.com/reports.htm#v16159/p11778/fileInstanceId=57603... In the call {{encodeAlgorithmIdentifier(encoder, algorithmOid(algorithm), omitParametersField);}} the {{algorithmOid()}} may return null (look at {{Entity}} class). Then the {{encodeAlgorithmIdentifier}} calls {{DerEncoder.encodeObjectIdentifier}} where on the given String is called {{length()}} method without a null check.