From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19773 invoked from network); 3 May 2005 10:27:20 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 May 2005 10:27:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 48884 invoked from network); 3 May 2005 10:27:04 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 May 2005 10:27:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 2373 invoked by alias); 3 May 2005 10:27:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21224 Received: (qmail 2357 invoked from network); 3 May 2005 10:27:01 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 May 2005 10:27:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 48620 invoked from network); 3 May 2005 10:27:01 -0000 Received: from mailhost1.csr.com (HELO MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com) (81.105.217.43) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 May 2005 10:26:56 -0000 Received: from exchange03.csr.com (unverified [10.100.137.60]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:25:12 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by exchange03.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 3 May 2005 11:27:42 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j43AQxca014906 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:26:59 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j43AQwBE014903 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 11:26:59 +0100 Message-Id: <200505031026.j43AQwBE014903@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: Obscure overflow with very long path; completion In-reply-to: References: Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 11:26:58 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2005 10:27:42.0421 (UTC) FILETIME=[BD156050:01C54FCA] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 David Remahl wrote: > Summary: > Some very special circumstances triggers a buffer overflow of some > kind (I believe it is on the heap, but I have not had time to look > into it in detail) in the cd builtin. I couldn't get this to happen with Fedora Core 3 on x86. It's possible it's some library bug, but I agree it's more likely there's some well-masked problem in memory management in zsh. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. **********************************************************************