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Date:      Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:32:06 +0100
From:      Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr/src/lib/libc/string/strsignal.c:96
Message-ID:  <20050306033206.GX31320@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <1110077033.64671.0.camel@server.mcneil.com>
References:  <1110060467.23311.5.camel@server.mcneil.com> <20050306002756.GV31320@elvis.mu.org> <1110077033.64671.0.camel@server.mcneil.com>

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Sean McNeil wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 01:27 +0100, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> > Sean McNeil wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > > 
> > > It looks like strsignal is busted.  All I have to do is hit ctrl-c while
> > > running gmake and I get this core:
> > > 
> > > #0  strsignal (num=2) at /usr/src/lib/libc/string/strsignal.c:96
> > >         ebuf = "Interrupt", '\0' <repeats 2038 times>
> > >         tmp = "2\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\002\000\000\000\000\000\000
> > > \000\000\000\000"
> > >         signum = 0
> > >         n = 4326031
> > >         t = 0x7fffffffd151 ""
> > >         p = 0x800d5b82f <Address 0x800d5b82f out of bounds>
> > > 
> > > This is because n is uninitialized when num > 0 && num < sys_nsig.
> > 
> > Indeed.  Can you confirm that this patch fixes the problem?
> > 
> > %%
> > --- strsignal.c.orig	Tue Mar  1 20:28:14 2005
> > +++ strsignal.c	Sun Mar  6 01:24:18 2005
> > @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  	if (num > 0 && num < sys_nsig) {
> > -		strlcpy(ebuf,
> > +		n = strlcpy(ebuf,
> >  #if defined(NLS)
> >  			catgets(catd, 2, num, sys_siglist[num]),
> >  #else
> > %%
> 
> Yes, this has the desired affect and no more core dump :)

I just committed this fix plus I changed the type of n while I was here
so that it is a size_t as it should.

Thanks,
Maxime



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