--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c~cg_read_strcmp-fix-null-pointer-dereference +++ a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int cg_read_strcmp(const char *cgroup, c /* Handle the case of comparing against empty string */ if (!expected) - size = 32; + return -1; else size = strlen(expected) + 1;