GNU bug report logs - #78639
Uninitialised read in check_zipfile() (gzip 1.14)

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Zephyr official <zephyrofficialdiscord <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 03:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 78639-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Zephyr official <zephyrofficialdiscord <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78639-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78639: Uninitialised read in check_zipfile() (gzip 1.14)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 23:10:18 -0700
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for the bug report and proposed fix. I installed the attached, 
which should fix the gzip bug in a different way.

I think the bug is innocuous in practice, but it's good to fix it anyway 
as these things tend to mushroom.
[0001-gzip-fix-uninitialized-read.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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