Check pindexBestForkBase/phashBlock both for null #5701

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eduffield222 commented at 9:31 PM on January 23, 2015: none

Both pindexBestForkBase and phashBlock must be checked separately, otherwise a segfault will occur when there is a network fork. Currently there is no fix in 0.9 and it's partially fixed in 0.10.

More info: #5698

Check pindexBestForkBase/phashBlock both for null

Both pindexBestForkBase and phashBlock must be checked separately,
otherwise a segfault will occur when there is a network fork. Currently
there is no fix in 0.9 and it's partially fixed in 0.10.

More info: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5698

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#5698 Code vulnerable to segfault after a network fork