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Re: Segfault in getifaddrs_internal in glibc-2.20
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 14:39:35 +0200
- Subject: Re: Segfault in getifaddrs_internal in glibc-2.20
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- References: <5413EA84 dot 3060901 at archlinux dot org> <541436F3 dot 5090309 at redhat dot com>
Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> writes:
> On 09/13/2014 08:56 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>
>> An Arch Linux user has encountered a segfault in getifaddrs_internal:
>> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17371
>
> I can't quite wrap my head around this issue. Can this result in memory
> corruption and has potential security impact? Thanks.
It's effectively the same issue as 15698.
Andreas.
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