From 33d04c64f4dd6577345dac14b564539ca37b3fee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mason Reed <mason@vector35.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:22:37 -0500
Subject: [DWARF] Fix crash in dwarf export with detached NTR vtable data
 variable

Fixes https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/7646

Also cleaned up and added some more context to the `NamedTypeReference::target` function.
---
 rust/src/types.rs | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rust/src')

diff --git a/rust/src/types.rs b/rust/src/types.rs
index ffa507d8..1387ffb3 100644
--- a/rust/src/types.rs
+++ b/rust/src/types.rs
@@ -2080,13 +2080,13 @@ impl NamedTypeReference {
         match ty.type_class() {
             TypeClass::NamedTypeReferenceClass => {
                 // Recurse into the NTR type until we get the target type.
-                let ntr = ty.get_named_type_reference().unwrap();
+                let ntr = ty
+                    .get_named_type_reference()
+                    .expect("NTR type class should always have a valid NTR");
                 match visited.insert(ntr.id()) {
                     true => ntr.target_helper(bv, visited),
-                    false => {
-                        log::error!("Can't get target for recursively defined type!");
-                        None
-                    }
+                    // Cyclic reference, return None.
+                    false => None,
                 }
             }
             // Found target type
@@ -2095,6 +2095,8 @@ impl NamedTypeReference {
     }
 
     /// Type referenced by this [`NamedTypeReference`].
+    ///
+    /// Will return `None` if the reference is cyclic, or the target type does not exist.
     pub fn target(&self, bv: &BinaryView) -> Option<Ref<Type>> {
         self.target_helper(bv, &mut HashSet::new())
     }
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