From 7df90f6afc1b0d34d0a9c0b643bd18c7e5819983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:54:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (savedir): Don't store past the end of an array if name_size is zero and the directory is empty. --- lib/savedir.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/savedir.c b/lib/savedir.c index 5987319d02..29b3842c04 100644 --- a/lib/savedir.c +++ b/lib/savedir.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* savedir.c -- save the list of files in a directory in a string - Copyright (C) 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ savedir (const char *dir, off_t name_size) if (dirp == NULL) return NULL; + /* Be sure name_size is at least `1' so there's room for + the final NUL byte. */ + name_size += !name_size; + name_space = (char *) malloc (name_size); if (name_space == NULL) { -- 2.30.2