GNU bug report logs - #28120
[PATCH] ptx: fix a possible crash caused by integer overflow

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, 28120-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28120: [PATCH] ptx: fix a possible crash caused by integer
 overflow
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:44:11 -0700

Kamil Dudka wrote:

> Do you have an example of the larger case?  We could add a test-case for it.

I don't have an example. It would have to be pretty large, e.g., input 
containing more than 2**31 lines.

> Your patch introduces the following warnings:

These are Coverity warnings, right? They are false alarms, as usual for Coverity 
with this sort of thing.
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