GNU bug report logs - #9397
lib-src integer and memory overflow issues

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Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9397: lib-src integer and memory overflow issues
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:59:26 -0400

> Here's an example bug fixed by the patch: "ctags -u -o FOO *.c"
> crashes on Fedora 14 x86-64 if the file name FOO is longer than 8192
> bytes.

At least on my GNU/Linux system, "grep PATH.\*MAX /usr/include/**/*.h"
seems to suggest that file names longer than 4096 are not supported ;-)


        Stefan
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