From: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
To: Terefang Verigorn <terefang@gmail.com>
Cc: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [musl] possible buffer overflow in crypt() -- musl-1.2.2
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 12:13:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211104161313.GG7074@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFvOk+oPyMJdhqavobK3DK5zhgY6puZkziDtUF4yqXkMwPQXZw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 03:53:12PM +0100, Terefang Verigorn wrote:
> hello
>
> crypt.h declares
> ---
> struct crypt_data {
> int initialized;
> char __buf[256];
> };
> ---
>
> but crypt.c uses
> ---
> static char buf[128];
> return __crypt_r(key, salt, (struct crypt_data *)buf);
> ---
>
> the buf[128] should be rather buf[sizeof(crypt_data)]
Do you have reason to believe it needs more than 128 bytes? The
crypt_data struct has no inherent relation to what's needed; it was
just needed to provide a public ABI for the caller to have enough
(more than enough, for future-proofing or whatever) storage for the
result.
Rich
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-04 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-04 14:53 Terefang Verigorn
2021-11-04 15:13 ` [musl] " Terefang Verigorn
2021-11-04 16:13 ` Rich Felker [this message]
2021-11-04 16:32 ` [musl] " Charlotte Delenk
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