timeout in mmo_get_symbols

Hans-Peter Nilsson hp@bitrange.com
Wed Aug 17 11:29:03 GMT 2022


Thanks for the fuzzer mmo fixes.
I have to ask, about the subject, "timeout"?
Did this bug perhaps cause an infinite loop with some fuzzed
object?  Is there a story to tell?

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, Alan Modra via Binutils wrote:

> Fix mmo_get_byte to return a fail-safe value, not just on the first
> call with a read error but on subsequent calls too.

Oopsie! :/

>
> 	* mmo.c (mmo_get_byte): Return the fail-safe value on every
> 	call after a read error.

brgds, H-P


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