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From: schwarze@mandoc.bsd.lv
To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv
Subject: mandoc: Fix the mandoc_strndup() utility function.
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:05:27 -0500 (EST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84f49340b4bf452d@fantadrom.bsd.lv> (raw)

Log Message:
-----------
Fix the mandoc_strndup() utility function.  All existing callers seem
safe so far, but implementing it with an unchecked memcpy(3) is just 
wrong and quite dangerous.

Modified Files:
--------------
    mandoc:
        mandoc_aux.c

Revision Data
-------------
Index: mandoc_aux.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/mandoc_aux.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -Lmandoc_aux.c -Lmandoc_aux.c -u -p -r1.10 -r1.11
--- mandoc_aux.c
+++ mandoc_aux.c
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ mandoc_strndup(const char *ptr, size_t s
 {
 	char	*p;
 
-	p = mandoc_malloc(sz + 1);
-	memcpy(p, ptr, sz);
-	p[(int)sz] = '\0';
+	p = strndup(ptr, sz);
+	if (p == NULL)
+		err((int)MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR, NULL);
 	return p;
 }
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