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[Bug libc/12852] glob(3) contains possibly wrapping arguments to malloc
- From: "drepper.fsp at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:56:20 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/12852] glob(3) contains possibly wrapping arguments to malloc
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- References: <bug-12852-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12852
Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |FIXED
--- Comment #1 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-07-21 02:56:00 UTC ---
I added a patch but this has nothing do do with security problems from remote
uses. Only the caller can pass in incorrect values and this feature is hardly
ever used in the first place. It's really only a protection against
programming mistakes.
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