diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.h b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.h
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <Availability.h>
 #include <mach/machine.h>
 #include <mach/thread_info.h>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
 #define DNB_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
@@ -134,12 +135,11 @@
 nub_size_t
 DNBProcessGetSharedLibraryInfo(nub_process_t pid, nub_bool_t only_changed,
                                DNBExecutableImageInfo **image_infos) DNB_EXPORT;
-const char *DNBGetDeploymentInfo(nub_process_t pid, bool is_executable,
-                                 const struct load_command &lc,
-                                 uint64_t load_command_address,
-                                 uint32_t &major_version,
-                                 uint32_t &minor_version,
-                                 uint32_t &patch_version);
+std::optional<std::string>
+DNBGetDeploymentInfo(nub_process_t pid, bool is_executable,
+                     const struct load_command &lc,
+                     uint64_t load_command_address, uint32_t &major_version,
+                     uint32_t &minor_version, uint32_t &patch_version);
 nub_bool_t DNBProcessSetNameToAddressCallback(nub_process_t pid,
                                               DNBCallbackNameToAddress callback,
                                               void *baton) DNB_EXPORT;
diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.cpp b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/DNB.cpp
@@ -1433,12 +1433,11 @@
   return false;
 }
 
-const char *DNBGetDeploymentInfo(nub_process_t pid, bool is_executable,
-                                 const struct load_command &lc,
-                                 uint64_t load_command_address,
-                                 uint32_t &major_version,
-                                 uint32_t &minor_version,
-                                 uint32_t &patch_version) {
+std::optional<std::string>
+DNBGetDeploymentInfo(nub_process_t pid, bool is_executable,
+                     const struct load_command &lc,
+                     uint64_t load_command_address, uint32_t &major_version,
+                     uint32_t &minor_version, uint32_t &patch_version) {
   MachProcessSP procSP;
   if (GetProcessSP(pid, procSP)) {
     // FIXME: This doesn't return the correct result when xctest (a
diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.h b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.h
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.h
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
 #include <mach-o/loader.h>
 #include <mach/mach.h>
+#include <optional>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/signal.h>
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@
   DeploymentInfo GetDeploymentInfo(const struct load_command &,
                                    uint64_t load_command_address,
                                    bool is_executable);
-  static const char *GetPlatformString(unsigned char platform);
+  static std::optional<std::string> GetPlatformString(unsigned char platform);
   bool GetMachOInformationFromMemory(uint32_t platform,
                                      nub_addr_t mach_o_header_addr,
                                      int wordsize,
diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/MacOSX/MachProcess.mm
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@
   return info;
 }
 
-const char *MachProcess::GetPlatformString(unsigned char platform) {
+std::optional<std::string>
+MachProcess::GetPlatformString(unsigned char platform) {
   switch (platform) {
   case PLATFORM_MACOS:
     return "macosx";
@@ -742,8 +743,10 @@
     return "bridgeos";
   case PLATFORM_DRIVERKIT:
     return "driverkit";
+  default:
+    DNBLogError("Unknown platform %u found for one binary", platform);
+    return std::nullopt;
   }
-  return nullptr;
 }
 
 static bool mach_header_validity_test(uint32_t magic, uint32_t cputype) {
@@ -867,7 +870,8 @@
     }
     if (DeploymentInfo deployment_info = GetDeploymentInfo(
             lc, load_cmds_p, inf.mach_header.filetype == MH_EXECUTE)) {
-      const char *lc_platform = GetPlatformString(deployment_info.platform);
+      std::optional<std::string> lc_platform =
+          GetPlatformString(deployment_info.platform);
       if (dyld_platform != PLATFORM_MACCATALYST &&
           inf.min_version_os_name == "macosx") {
         // macCatalyst support.
@@ -882,7 +886,7 @@
         // processed, ignore this one, which is presumed to be a
         // PLATFORM_MACCATALYST one.
       } else {
-        inf.min_version_os_name = lc_platform;
+        inf.min_version_os_name = lc_platform.value_or("");
         inf.min_version_os_version = "";
         inf.min_version_os_version +=
             std::to_string(deployment_info.major_version);
diff --git a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/RNBRemote.cpp b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/RNBRemote.cpp
--- a/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/RNBRemote.cpp
+++ b/lldb/tools/debugserver/source/RNBRemote.cpp
@@ -6258,12 +6258,12 @@
 
         bool is_executable = true;
         uint32_t major_version, minor_version, patch_version;
-        auto *platform =
+        std::optional<std::string> platform =
             DNBGetDeploymentInfo(pid, is_executable, lc, load_command_addr,
                                  major_version, minor_version, patch_version);
         if (platform) {
           os_handled = true;
-          rep << "ostype:" << platform << ";";
+          rep << "ostype:" << *platform << ";";
           break;
         }
         load_command_addr = load_command_addr + lc.cmdsize;