From 30b3056e570c6c5f14a0a1023b4c8b4f4e740e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajeev Katta <rkatta108@cable.comcast.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 06:35:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] rbus: fixup null returns in getEventTableInstNum

Coverity issue ID: 85 (line 1337)
Fix generated by RDKDevPilot AI Bot

Co-authored-by: rdkdevpilot <bot@rdkcentral.com>
---
 test/rbus/provider/rbusTestProvider.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/rbus/provider/rbusTestProvider.c b/test/rbus/provider/rbusTestProvider.c
index 0cf5f495..467b6ede 100644
--- a/test/rbus/provider/rbusTestProvider.c
+++ b/test/rbus/provider/rbusTestProvider.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,14 @@ int getEventTableInstNum(char const* propName)
 {
     int instNum = 0;
     char buff[2] = {0};
-    char const* pinstNum = strstr(propName, "EventsTable.") + 12;
+    char const* pinstNum = strstr(propName, "EventsTable.");
+    
+    if(!pinstNum) {
+        printf("%s: EventsTable not found in %s\n", __FUNCTION__, propName);
+        return 0;  // Return default value
+    }
+    
+    pinstNum += 12;  // Move past "EventsTable."
     buff[0] = *pinstNum;
     instNum = atoi(buff);
     printf("%s %s instNum=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, propName, instNum);