[PATCH] libio: Add terminating NUL when the first character is EOF in getdelim [BZ #28038]

Collin Funk collin.funk1@gmail.com
Thu Oct 9 03:10:44 GMT 2025


POSIX requires that the buffer used by getdelim/getline add a
terminating NUL whenever an EOF is read.

* libio/iogetdelim.c (__getdelim): Add a NUL byte when the first
__underflow is called.
* libio/tst-getdelim.c (do_test): Add a test case for the bug.

-- 8< --

If this patch is okay for glibc, then I will push it to Gnulib as well
since the function is mostly copied over there.

---
 libio/iogetdelim.c   |  1 +
 libio/tst-getdelim.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libio/iogetdelim.c b/libio/iogetdelim.c
index 0bfaef227a..1d89757352 100644
--- a/libio/iogetdelim.c
+++ b/libio/iogetdelim.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ __getdelim (char **lineptr, size_t *n, int delimiter, FILE *fp)
       if (__underflow (fp) == EOF)
 	{
 	  result = -1;
+	  (*lineptr)[0] = '\0';
 	  goto unlock_return;
 	}
       len = fp->_IO_read_end - fp->_IO_read_ptr;
diff --git a/libio/tst-getdelim.c b/libio/tst-getdelim.c
index 1f35f9f685..556697453c 100644
--- a/libio/tst-getdelim.c
+++ b/libio/tst-getdelim.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <support/support.h>
 #include <support/test-driver.h>
 #include <support/xstdio.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
 static int
 do_test (void)
@@ -50,6 +51,22 @@ do_test (void)
   xfclose (memstream);
   free (lineptr);
 
+  /* Test that getdelim NUL terminates upon reading an EOF from an empty
+     file (BZ #28038).  This test fails on glibc 2.42 and earlier.  */
+  lineptr = xmalloc (1);
+  lineptr[0] = 'A';
+  linelen = 1;
+  char *file_name;
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (create_temp_file ("tst-getdelim.", &file_name) != -1);
+  FILE *fp = fopen (file_name, "r");
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fp != NULL);
+  TEST_VERIFY (getdelim (&lineptr, &linelen, '\n', fp) == -1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (linelen > 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY (lineptr[0] == '\0');
+  fclose (fp);
+  free (file_name);
+  free (lineptr);
+
   return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0



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