The following commit introduced a defect "13089: Dereference after null check". commit b37e0c2e878ecef8c46449ce4e44a3c0deb344f2 Author: Noriko Hosoi <nhosoi at redhat.com> Date: Tue Aug 28 17:28:59 2012 -0700 Trac Ticket #437 - variable dn should not be used in ldbm_back_delete