diff --git a/ksh.spec b/ksh.spec
index 44aef1e1aa62f0c373406dc3f6ec6482ee400de1..9470e7eca489b2d431346cd88ac0bfe48a7db76e 100644
--- a/ksh.spec
+++ b/ksh.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:             ksh
 Version:          2020.0.0
-Release:          7
+Release:          8
 Summary:          The Original ATT Korn Shell
 License:          EPL-1.0
 URL:              http://www.kornshell.com/
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Patch6002:        backport-functions-with-not-loaded-autoloaded-functions.patch
 Patch6003:        backport-Fix-handling-of-skipped-directories.patch
 Patch6004:        backport-Fix-interactive-restricted-shell-behavior.patch
 
+Patch9000:        solve-the-problem-of-dereference-null-return-value-w.patch
+
 Provides:         /bin/ksh /usr/bin/ksh
 BuildRequires:    meson gcc glibc-devel ed
 Conflicts:        pdksh
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ done
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/binfmt.d/kshcomp.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 7 2024 wangyuhang <wangyuhang27@huawei.com> - 1:2020.0.0-8
+- solve the problem of dereference null return value when moving a job to the head of the linked list
+
 * Thu Dec 7 2023 wangyuhang <wangyuhang27@huawei.com> - 1:2020.0.0-7
 - Type:bugfix
 - ID:NA
diff --git a/solve-the-problem-of-dereference-null-return-value-w.patch b/solve-the-problem-of-dereference-null-return-value-w.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f52837f99254dacc8dc2d897e748c3e20f0c7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solve-the-problem-of-dereference-null-return-value-w.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From ed22939428be3bd676e4261cf96e144c15d4e686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: wangyuhang <wangyuhang27>
+Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:44:35 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] solve the problem of dereference null return value when
+ moving a job to the head of the linked list
+
+---
+ src/cmd/ksh93/sh/jobs.c | 7 ++++---
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/jobs.c b/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/jobs.c
+index 5ad42c0..a46de01 100644
+--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/jobs.c
++++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/jobs.c
+@@ -1105,10 +1105,11 @@ int job_post(Shell_t *shp, pid_t pid, pid_t join) {
+             val = job.curjobid;
+         }
+         // If job to join is not first move it to front.
+-        if (val) {
++        if (val && job.pwlist) {
+             pw = job_byjid(val);
+-            assert(pw);
+-            if (pw != job.pwlist) {
++            if (!pw)
++                errormsg(SH_DICT, ERROR_warn(0), "the job cannot be found in the linked list");
++            if (pw && (pw != job.pwlist)) {
+                 job_unlink(pw);
+                 pw->p_nxtjob = job.pwlist;
+                 job.pwlist = pw;
+-- 
+2.33.0
+