[Bug libc/13138] New: scanf crashes on very long numbers

["lanurmi at iki dot fi" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13138

             Bug #: 13138
           Summary: scanf crashes on very long numbers
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: drepper.fsp@gmail.com
        ReportedBy: lanurmi@iki.fi
    Classification: Unclassified


As pointed out by someone at
<http://marc.info/?l=gimp-developer&m=129567990905823&w=2>, the scanf
implementation of glibc will crash when given input containing a lot of digits.

This is the sample code copied from the post mentioned above:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
    int a;
    scanf("%i", &a);
    return 0;
}

Expected output none; actual output:

$ perl -e 'print "5"x21000000' | ./a.out
Segmentation fault

Tested and reproduced on:
RHEL 5.7 (x86_64)
Debian Squeeze (armv5tel)

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