[PATCH] malloc: Make sure tcache_key is not 0
Samuel Thibault
samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org
Wed Jul 30 00:01:30 GMT 2025
Othersize even if tcache_double_free_verify sets e->key to 0 before
calling __libc_free, it gets called again by __libc_free, thus looping
indefinitely.
Fixes: c968fe50628db74b52124d863cd828225a1d305c ("malloc: Use tailcalls in __libc_free")
---
malloc/malloc.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index 5ca390cc22..970717eb28 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -3152,6 +3152,9 @@ tcache_key_initialize (void)
if (__getrandom_nocancel_nostatus_direct (&tcache_key, sizeof(tcache_key),
GRND_NONBLOCK)
!= sizeof (tcache_key))
+ tcache_key = 0;
+
+ while (tcache_key == 0)
{
tcache_key = random_bits ();
#if __WORDSIZE == 64
--
2.47.2
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