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[BZ,#18240] Handle overflow in __hcreate_r

Message ID 20150711154410.GA10704@domone
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Ondrej Bilka July 11, 2015, 3:44 p.m. UTC 
  Hi,

As in bugzilla entry there is overflow in hsearch when looking for prime
number as SIZE_MAX - 1 is divisible by 5. We fix that by rejecting large
inputs before looking for prime.

	* misc/hsearch_r.c (__hcreate_r): Handle overflow.

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Siddhesh Poyarekar July 15, 2015, 11:15 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 05:44:10PM +0200, Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As in bugzilla entry there is overflow in hsearch when looking for prime
> number as SIZE_MAX - 1 is divisible by 5. We fix that by rejecting large
> inputs before looking for prime.

Looks OK to me.

Siddhesh
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diff --git a/misc/hsearch_r.c b/misc/hsearch_r.c
index 9f55e84..559df29 100644
--- a/misc/hsearch_r.c
+++ b/misc/hsearch_r.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <string.h>
-
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <search.h>
 
 /* [Aho,Sethi,Ullman] Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, 1986
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@  __hcreate_r (nel, htab)
       return 0;
     }
 
+  if (nel >= SIZE_MAX / sizeof (_ENTRY))
+    {
+      __set_errno (ENOMEM);
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+
   /* There is still another table active. Return with error. */
   if (htab->table != NULL)
     return 0;