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Re: lib/49185: strvisx: Handle zero-length input strings gracefully.
The following reply was made to PR lib/49185; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc:
Subject: Re: lib/49185: strvisx: Handle zero-length input strings gracefully.
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 18:49:09 +0200
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 04:20:00PM +0000, conrad.meyer%isilon.com@localhost
wrote:
> The internal istrsenvisx() routine overloaded the zero length value as a
> sentinel for "use strlen(3)." This is bad because the zero-length source
> string
> has a defined behavior and the pointer for a zero-length string may be
> completely bogus.
At least the second half is wrong. A zero-length string still has to
match the valid object rules. That said, I don't see why this behavior
isn't provided under a flag.
Joerg
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