Tags: patch
I made two patches which resolve the problem for me, one fixes
magic_compile(), the other one magic_check():
--- src/magic.c.orig 2006-12-15 14:12:38.000000000 +0100
+++ src/magic.c 2006-12-15 14:14:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
if ((ms = malloc(sizeof(struct magic_set))) == NULL)
return NULL;
+ memset(ms, 0, sizeof(*ms));
if (magic_setflags(ms, flags) == -1) {
errno = EINVAL;
--- src/apprentice.c.orig 2006-12-15 14:02:54.000000000 +0100
+++ src/apprentice.c 2006-12-15 14:03:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
}
maxmagic = MAXMAGIS;
- if ((marray = malloc(maxmagic * sizeof(*marray))) == NULL) {
+ if ((marray = calloc(maxmagic, sizeof(*marray))) == NULL) {
(void)fclose(f);
file_oomem(ms);
return -1;
All the problems are missing initializations, there can be many more of
these bugs in the code :(. Is somebody maintaining file/libmagic (despite
the Debian package)?
Markus
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BOFH excuse #452: Rhythmic variations in the voltage reaching the power supply.
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