[Bug libc/5743] realloc() problem

drepper at redhat dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Wed Mar 5 00:29:00 GMT 2008


------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2008-03-05 00:28 -------
The code is correct.  oldsize is determined from chunksize and that value
contains the number of bytes needed for the leading two pointers which are not
touched.  Your patch creates memory overflows.

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5743

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