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Re: [PATCH] Provide correct buffer length to netgroup queries in nscd (BZ #16695)


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 02:38:59PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> The buffer to query netgroup entries is allocated sufficient space for
> the netgroup entries and the key to be appended at the end, but it
> sends in an incorrect available length to the NSS netgroup query
> functions, resulting in overflow of the buffer in some special cases.
> The fix here is to factor in the key length when sending the available
> buffer and buffer length to the query functions.
> 
> Tested on x86_64.  OK to commit?
>
Looks ok. 


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