GNU bug report logs - #9874
Fixes for several integer overflow and width issues

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.90

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #34 received at 9874 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 9874 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9874: Fixes for several integer overflow and width issues
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:14:51 -0700

On 10/27/11 01:28, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> if you want to get a very big one you have to have
> odles of open files already

Yes, that's the scenario.  The invoker of Emacs could
open oodles of file descriptors, causing Emacs to
obtain a high file-descriptor number whenever
it opens a file, creates a pipe, etc.

Admittedly unlikely, but easy to defend against.
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