Allow parentcs to be NULL when referencing sections

diff --git a/src/main/conffile.c b/src/main/conffile.c
index fb96052..c95567f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main/conffile.c
+++ b/src/main/conffile.c
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ CONF_ITEM *cf_reference_item(const CONF_SECTION *parentcs,
                 *      "foo.bar.baz" means "from the root"
                 */
        } else if (strchr(p, '.') != NULL) {
+               if (!parentcs) goto no_such_item;
+
                cs = parentcs;
        }
 
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ CONF_ITEM *cf_reference_item(const CONF_SECTION *parentcs,
        /*
         *      "foo" is "in the current section, OR in main".
         */
-       if ((p == name) && (cs != parentcs)) {
+       if ((p == name) && (parentcs != NULL) && (cs != parentcs)) {
                cs = parentcs;
                goto retry;
        }