[ruby-core:58708] [ruby-trunk - Bug #9158][Closed] bug in rb_readlink() in file.c (fixed)

Issue #9158 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada).

Status changed from Open to Closed
ruby -v set to trunk


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Bug #9158:  bug in rb_readlink() in file.c (fixed)
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9158#change-43277

Author: nowacki (Maciek Nowacki)
Status: Closed
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: trunk
Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN


 Hello,
 
 Here is a cute bug that has existed for a little while in file.c . Ruby will tend to crash when File.readlink() is called on a symlink with a long target. Fix:
 
 --- -	2013-11-25 22:10:59.694183795 -0700
 +++ file.c	2013-11-25 22:10:03.076352889 -0700
 @@ -2529,8 +2529,8 @@
 	    || (rv < 0 && errno == ERANGE) /* quirky behavior of GPFS */
 #endif
 	) {
 -	rb_str_modify_expand(v, size);
 	size *= 2;
 +	rb_str_modify_expand(v, size);
     }
     if (rv < 0) {
 	rb_str_resize(v, 0);
 
 Maciek Nowacki
 Application Support Analyst
 Information Services & Technology
 University of Alberta


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