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Re: Infinite loop in __argp_get_display_len


From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: Infinite loop in __argp_get_display_len
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:16:34 +0100
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On 26.02.2012 20:12, Mike Gilbert wrote:
Running grub-mkimage --help triggers an infinite loop in
__argp_get_display_len. Backtrace attached.
Yes, I've just noticed it. I have a fix, just testing it.
The following change seems to resolve it; I wonder if it should be
applied to the other functions in argp-fmtstream.c?

=== modified file 'grub-core/gnulib/argp-fmtstream.c'
--- grub-core/gnulib/argp-fmtstream.c   2012-02-26 18:07:59 +0000
+++ grub-core/gnulib/argp-fmtstream.c   2012-02-26 19:04:10 +0000
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
        size_t s;

        s = mbrtowc (&wc, ptr, end - ptr,&ps);
-      if (s == (size_t) -1)
+      if (s == 0 || s == (size_t) -1 || s == (size_t) -2)
         break;
        r += wcwidth (wc);
        ptr += s;


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Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko




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