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author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2019-07-06 00:39:07 +0200 |
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committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2019-07-06 00:39:07 +0200 |
commit | eb76defb19b3cc01e12d77d8cc96d402b9b5097d (patch) | |
tree | c26ed0ba70acc702a4d850fa42d3832229b77f63 /lib/areadlink-with-size.c | |
parent | d4239808ee9dc891219fd589ec2b120b3c201a34 (diff) | |
download | gnulib-eb76defb19b3cc01e12d77d8cc96d402b9b5097d.tar.gz |
areadlink-with-size: Don't return an excessive memory allocation.
Reported by Andreas Dilger <adilger@whamcloud.com>.
* lib/areadlink-with-size.c (areadlink_with_size): Shrink the buffer
before returning it.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/areadlink-with-size.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/areadlink-with-size.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/areadlink-with-size.c b/lib/areadlink-with-size.c index eacad3f613..364cc08584 100644 --- a/lib/areadlink-with-size.c +++ b/lib/areadlink-with-size.c @@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ areadlink_with_size (char const *file, size_t size) if (link_length < buf_size) { buffer[link_length] = 0; + /* Shrink BUFFER before returning it. */ + if (link_length + 1 < buf_size) + { + char *shrinked_buffer = realloc (buffer, link_length + 1); + if (shrinked_buffer != NULL) + buffer = shrinked_buffer; + } return buffer; } |