From a48adfa6d6b349f15c27e852e1c72a4f4c00880c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Heck <rgheck@lyx.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 00:26:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix coverity issue #127197.

We may fail to get a buffer when we request one.
---
 src/LyX.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index b7b1edf915..66ff6f3dbe 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -490,14 +490,15 @@ int LyX::execWithoutGui(int & argc, char * argv[])
 
 		Buffer * buf = pimpl_->buffer_list_.newBuffer(fname.absFileName());
 		LYXERR(Debug::FILES, "Loading " << fname);
-		if (buf->loadLyXFile() == Buffer::ReadSuccess) {
+		if (buf && buf->loadLyXFile() == Buffer::ReadSuccess) {
 			ErrorList const & el = buf->errorList("Parse");
 			if (!el.empty())
 					for_each(el.begin(), el.end(),
 									 bind(&LyX::printError, this, _1));
 			command_line_buffers.push_back(buf);
 		} else {
-			pimpl_->buffer_list_.release(buf);
+			if (buf)
+				pimpl_->buffer_list_.release(buf);
 			docstring const error_message =
 					bformat(_("LyX failed to load the following file: %1$s"),
 									from_utf8(fname.absFileName()));
-- 
2.39.2