X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/46d2a5e6f6e7709d172903b13945d23fc0a2c888..c06ddd664f4a0f6e485f6f9f6b5086aa4719a441:/src/src/expand.c?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/src/src/expand.c b/src/src/expand.c
index fddad3179..f937ac337 100644
--- a/src/src/expand.c
+++ b/src/src/expand.c
@@ -5335,8 +5335,9 @@ while (*s != 0)
 	uschar * item;
 	int sep = 0;
 
-	item = string_nextinlist(&list, &sep, NULL, 0);
-        if ((timeout = readconf_readtime(item, 0, FALSE)) < 0)
+	if (  !(item = string_nextinlist(&list, &sep, NULL, 0))
+	   || !*item
+	   || (timeout = readconf_readtime(item, 0, FALSE)) < 0)
           {
           expand_string_message = string_sprintf("bad time value %s", item);
           goto EXPAND_FAILED;