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Re: [PATCH 2/2 v1.1][BZ #14547] Fix CVE-2012-4412


On 24 August 2013 11:52, OndÅej BÃlka <neleai@seznam.cz> wrote:
>> It eliminates nesting and makes code easier to read.  Not all goto is evil.
>>
> Not all but this is. If you do not want nesting use following:

Since you're not going to give a valid reason for your belief, I'm
just going to state that I like my goto approach better because it
looks less silly to me compared to a blank if block.  I'll just wait
for another opinion on this because I don't want to waste time
bikeshedding.

Siddhesh

> diff --git a/string/strcoll_l.c b/string/strcoll_l.c
> index eb042ff..f76c30a 100644
> --- a/string/strcoll_l.c
> +++ b/string/strcoll_l.c
> @@ -523,8 +523,13 @@ STRCOLL (const STRING_TYPE *s1, const STRING_TYPE *s2, __locale_t l)
>
>    memset (&seq1, 0, sizeof (seq1));
>    seq2 = seq1;
> -
> -  if (! __libc_use_alloca ((s1len + s2len) * (sizeof (int32_t) + 1)))
> +  if (MIN (s1len, s2len) > size_max
> +      || MAX (s1len, s2len) > size_max - MIN (s1len, s2len))
> +    {
> +      /* If the strings are long enough to cause overflow in the size request, then
> +         skip the allocation and proceed with the non-cached routines.  */
> +    }
> +  else if (! __libc_use_alloca ((s1len + s2len) * (sizeof (int32_t) + 1)))
>      {
>        seq1.idxarr = (int32_t *) malloc ((s1len + s2len) * (sizeof (int32_t) + 1));
>



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