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Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] qga: Fix possible freed memory accessing
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-stable] [PATCH] qga: Fix possible freed memory accessing |
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Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:17:57 -0600 |
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On 09/17/2014 09:33 PM, zhanghailiang wrote:
> If readdir_r fails, error_setg_errno will reference the freed
> pointer *dirpath*.
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> Signed-off-by: zhanghailiang <address@hidden>
> ---
> qga/commands-posix.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> for (;;) {
> if (readdir_r(dir, &entry, &result) != 0) {
Eww. We're using readdir_r? That's an inherently broken interface,
which can risk buffer overflow. readdir should be preferred.
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=696
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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