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Running dnsx -stream without piped stdin (e.g. interactively, or with stdin on /dev/null) panics with a nil pointer dereference in InputWorkerStream, since neither the -l file nor stdin is present and the scanner is left nil:

$ dnsx -stream < /dev/null
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x79 pc=0x6486ba]

goroutine 27 [running]:
bufio.(*Scanner).Scan(0x0?)
        src/bufio/scan.go:140 +0x1a
github.com/projectdiscovery/dnsx/internal/runner.(*Runner).InputWorkerStream(...)
        internal/runner/runner.go:247 +0x258

The same function also returns early on hosts-file open errors without closing workerchan, leaving the resolve workers blocked forever in for domain := range r.workerchan.

This closes the channel via defer so every exit path unblocks the workers, and reports the missing input instead of panicking. Regression tests cover both the no-input and unreadable-hosts-file paths (TestRunner_InputWorkerStreamWithoutInput).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved stream-mode handling when no standard input or host-file input is available.
    • The scanner now exits safely with an error instead of risking a panic or stalled processing.
    • Worker processing is reliably closed after stream completion or early termination.

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InputWorkerStream now handles missing stream input without scanning and closes workerchan when it exits. Tests cover empty stdin and unreadable host-file input.

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Stream input handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Input validation and channel lifecycle
internal/runner/runner.go, internal/runner/runner_test.go
InputWorkerStream logs and returns when no input is available. It defers workerchan closure and removes the explicit loop-end close. Tests verify channel closure for empty stdin and unreadable host-file input.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c7952

This change prevents stream-mode panics and unblocks workers when input is unavailable, but the regression test for unreadable hosts files does not reliably exercise the file-open failure case. The behavior fix is otherwise ready with a bounded test-coverage gap.

Suggested reviewers: dogancanbakir, mzack9999

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No hosts? It hops safely on
The worker channel closes tight
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In `@internal/runner/runner_test.go`:
- Line 311: Update the unreadable-hosts-file test around InputWorkerStream to
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require.NoError(t, err)
name := f.Name()
require.NoError(t, f.Close())
require.NoError(t, os.Chmod(name, 0o000))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

file="$(mktemp)"
trap 'chmod 600 "$file"; rm -f "$file"' EXIT
chmod 000 "$file"

if cat "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "mode 000 is readable by this test user; the current fixture cannot prove os.Open failure"
  exit 1
fi

echo "mode 000 is unreadable by this test user"

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- test context ---'
sed -n '260,335p' internal/runner/runner_test.go

printf '%s\n' '--- InputWorkerStream definition and references ---'
rg -n -A80 -B20 'func InputWorkerStream|InputWorkerStream\(' internal

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Make the unreadable-hosts-file test deterministic.

InputWorkerStream calls os.Open after fileutil.FileExists. If os.Open succeeds, the empty temporary file still closes workerchan, so the test passes without covering the error return. Inject the file-open operation or use another controlled seam that forces os.Open to fail.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@internal/runner/runner_test.go` at line 311, Update the unreadable-hosts-file
test around InputWorkerStream to deterministically force the file-open operation
to fail instead of relying on os.Chmod permissions. Inject os.Open or use an
equivalent controlled seam, while preserving the test’s assertion of the error
path and worker channel behavior.

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