(tomcat) branch 9.0.x updated: Evaluate to false for any invalid paths to avoid NPE

[remm]

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/9.0.x by this push:
     new 6674102ac1 Evaluate to false for any invalid paths to avoid NPE
6674102ac1 is described below

commit 6674102ac1fc1517f7eb3b25ca171f67163694ce
Author: remm <r...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 4 16:27:55 2025 +0200

    Evaluate to false for any invalid paths to avoid NPE
    
    Found by coverity.
---
 java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java 
b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
index eb48e7b046..393eda3da0 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java
@@ -684,6 +684,10 @@ public class WebdavServlet extends DefaultServlet 
implements PeriodicEventListen
                 if (hrefs.hasNext()) {
                     currentHref = hrefs.next();
                     currentPath = getPathFromHref(currentHref, request);
+                    if (currentPath == null) {
+                        // The path was invalid
+                        return false;
+                    }
                     currentWebResource = resources.getResource(currentPath);
                 } else {
                     break;


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