GNU bug report logs - #34140
AddressSanitizer reported heap-buffer-overflow when ignoring case

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Reported by: Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 05:20:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: arnold <at> skeeve.com
To: leftcopy.chx <at> gmail.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, arnold <at> skeeve.com
Cc: 34140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34140: AddressSanitizer reported heap-buffer-overflow when ignoring case
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:08:40 -0700

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

> On 1/22/19 12:44 AM, arnold <at> skeeve.com wrote:
> > If I may beg to differ, I see no reason that GNULIB can't be
> > ahead of GLIBC.
> The only reason is avoiding hassle: I'd have to decouple this gnulib 
> file from glibc now (which requires changing some other administrative 
> file), and then recouple it later. If this bug were important I'd be 
> inclined to do the extra work - but is it that important?

If the time period between the bug fix and GNULIB getting updated is
short (for some definition of "short") then it's not that important.
If it drags out, it becomes a hassle.

Do you have an ETA on when the fix will get pushed to GNULIB?

Thanks,

Arnold
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