Coverity FORWARD_NULL - CID 12451 - plugins/animation/src/extensionplugin.cpp - in function: ExtensionPluginAnimation::paintShouldSkipWindow(CompWindow *) - Dynamic cast to pointer "dynamic_cast <RestackAnim *>(aw->curAnimation())" can return NULL. Passing null pointer "dynamic_cast <RestackAnim *>(aw->curAnimation())" to function "RestackAnim::paintedElsewhere()", which dereferences it. (The dereference happens because this is a virtual function call.)

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CID: 12451
Checker: FORWARD_NULL
Category: dynamic_cast
CWE definition: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
File: /tmp/buildd/compiz-0.9.9~daily13.01.14/plugins/animation/src/extensionplugin.cpp
Function: ExtensionPluginAnimation::paintShouldSkipWindow(CompWindow *)
Code snippet:
110 data->mVisitCount++;
111
112 // If the window is (to be) painted somewhere other than in its
113 // original stacking order, we don't need to paint it now.
CID 12451 - FORWARD_NULL
Dynamic cast to pointer "dynamic_cast <RestackAnim *>(aw->curAnimation())" can return NULL.
Passing null pointer "dynamic_cast <RestackAnim *>(aw->curAnimation())" to function "RestackAnim::paintedElsewhere()", which dereferences it. (The dereference happens because this is a virtual function call.)
114 if (aw->curAnimation ()->info ()->isRestackAnim &&
115 dynamic_cast<RestackAnim *> (aw->curAnimation ())->paintedElsewhere ())
116 return true;
117 }
118 return false;
119 }

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