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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:05:03 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: Ismael Luceno <ismael@...ev.co.uk>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix avoidable segfault in catclose
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 08:09:49AM +0100, Ismael Luceno wrote:
> catclose may be called with an invalid argument, particularly -1 may be
> returned by catopen if there's an error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ismael Luceno <ismael@...ev.co.uk>
> ---
> src/locale/catclose.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/locale/catclose.c b/src/locale/catclose.c
> index 54e24dd2163b..af959a58dfb5 100644
> --- a/src/locale/catclose.c
> +++ b/src/locale/catclose.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>
> int catclose (nl_catd catd)
> {
> + if (catd == (nl_catd)-1)
> + return -1;
> char *map = (char *)catd;
> munmap(map, V(map+8)+20);
> return 0;
> --
> 2.43.0
Generally in musl, we prefer to trap on UB rather than allowing
forward progress, especially when the natural default action without
special casing it is to trap.
Rich
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