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Date:      Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:26:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      Thomas S Traylor <tst@vulture.cs.mci.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   gnu/2610: strdup will cause you app to core if passed a NULL string
Message-ID:  <199701290726.AAA02051@vulture.cs.mci.com>
Resent-Message-ID: <199701290740.XAA16335@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         2610
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       strdup will cause you app to core if passed a NULL string
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 28 23:40:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas S Traylor
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA i386
>Environment:

	Normal user environment.

>Description:

	The library function strdup does not handle a NULL string being
	passed to it. When you do the application cores.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Pass strdup a NULL string.

>Fix:
	
	Have strdup check for a NULL string and then return a NULL string.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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