Bug 1090

Summary: __initstate_r uses uninitialized state
Product: glibc Reporter: Roland McGrath <roland>
Component: libcAssignee: Roland McGrath <roland>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: glibc-bugs
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.3.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
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Bug Blocks: 852    

Description Roland McGrath 2005-07-18 02:38:19 UTC
This trunk patch should go into the 2.3 branch:

2005-04-12  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>

	* stdlib/random_r.c (__initstate_r): Don't use non-existing state.
	* string/tst-strfry.c: New file.
	* string/Makefile (tests): Add tst-strfry.
Comment 1 Sourceware Commits 2005-07-18 02:39:27 UTC
Subject: Bug 1090

CVSROOT:	/cvs/glibc
Module name:	libc
Branch: 	glibc-2_3-branch
Changes by:	roland@sources.redhat.com	2005-07-18 02:39:14

Modified files:
	string         : Makefile 
	stdlib         : random_r.c 
Added files:
	string         : tst-strfry.c 

Log message:
	2005-04-12  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
	
	[BZ #1090]
	* stdlib/random_r.c (__initstate_r): Don't use non-existing state.
	* string/tst-strfry.c: New file.
	* string/Makefile (tests): Add tst-strfry.

Patches:
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/string/tst-strfry.c.diff?cvsroot=glibc&only_with_tag=glibc-2_3-branch&r1=NONE&r2=1.1.4.1
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/string/Makefile.diff?cvsroot=glibc&only_with_tag=glibc-2_3-branch&r1=1.65&r2=1.65.2.1
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/stdlib/random_r.c.diff?cvsroot=glibc&only_with_tag=glibc-2_3-branch&r1=1.18.4.1&r2=1.18.4.2

Comment 2 Roland McGrath 2005-07-19 03:30:23 UTC
This fix is now in the 2.3 branch as well as the trunk, and the problem should
be resolved as of the 2.3.6 release.