Bug 11127

Summary:	regcomp.c can mishandle a heap allocation failure
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	jim <jim>
Component:	regex	Assignee:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	glibc-bugs-regex, glibc-bugs
Priority:	P2
Version:	2.12
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:
Attachments:	regcomp.c: do not ignore memory allocation failure

Description jim@meyering.net 2010-01-04 09:20:35 UTC

This patch was written by Paul Eggert back in 2005 [BZ #1285], but it was part
of a much larger patch that was ultimately rejected.

Patch attached.

Comment 1 jim@meyering.net 2010-01-04 09:22:06 UTC

Created attachment 4489 [details]
regcomp.c: do not ignore memory allocation failure

Comment 2 Ulrich Drepper 2010-01-15 05:36:00 UTC

I've applied the patch.