From 901031a2a07d9da0502cc7d4a8539bd084051e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: firewave <firewave@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:55:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added early exit in `Settings::isPremiumEnabled()`

---
 lib/settings.cpp | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index 0708a37516b..bdbbb1040ba 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ static const std::set<std::string> misracpp2023Checkers{
 
 bool Settings::isPremiumEnabled(const char id[]) const
 {
+    if (premiumArgs.empty())
+        return false;
     if (premiumArgs.find("autosar") != std::string::npos && autosarCheckers.count(id))
         return true;
     if (premiumArgs.find("cert-c-") != std::string::npos && certCCheckers.count(id))