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Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86-64: Properly handle the length parameter [BZ# 24097]


On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 2:50 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> * H. J. Lu:
>
> > On x32, the size_t parameter may be passed in the lower 32 bits of a
> > 64-bit register with the non-zero upper 32 bits.  The string/memory
> > functions written in assembly can only use the lower 32 bits of a
> > 64-bit register as length or must clear the upper 32 bits before using
> > the full 64-bit register for length.
> >
> > This pach fixes string/memory functions written in assembly for x32.
> > Tested on x86-64 and x32.  On x86-64, libc.so is the same with and
> > withou the fix.
>
> Can this bug result in buffer overflows?  Should we obtain a CVE

Yes, definitely.

> identifier?
>

Yes, please.  Can you do that for me?

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.


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