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Re: [patch] Fix path length overflow in realpath (BZ#22786)
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, GLIBC Devel <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 16:59:06 +0200
- Subject: Re: [patch] Fix path length overflow in realpath (BZ#22786)
- References: <CALoOobOyeu6SM7DGPRqmHE6Y7BckFGmEFGeeFKDKjskL4EJDuA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.20.1804172059000.1402@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <CALoOobNywsKOoamnNH7=eF28=yoQMsFPy+5O6cgD4oqpVDhARA@mail.gmail.com>
On Apr 17 2018, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/stdlib/test-bz22786.c b/stdlib/test-bz22786.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..1b6331ac5c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/stdlib/test-bz22786.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
> +/* Bug 22786: test for stack overflow in realpath.
This is actually a buffer overflow. Ok with that change.
Andreas.
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