Hi

I found a potential null pointer dereference. Although it looks improbabl, it is possible.

https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/lib/misc/timeutil.c#L855

#if defined sun
str = Util_SafeStrdup(ctime_r(&t, buf, sizeof buf));
#else
str = Util_SafeStrdup(ctime_r(&t, buf)); // step 1: null may be returned if ctime_r fails
#endif
str[strlen(str) - 1] = '\0'; // Remove the trailing '\n'.

return str; // step 2: return the null pointer and dereference it.

According to the linux document, ctime_r may return null if an internal error happens, which makes the null pointer dereference possible.

Although it looks improbable, I suggest to patch it for better stability.