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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2013-08-16 09:38:52 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2013-08-16 09:40:34 +0200
commit91ce40854d0b7f865cf5024ef95a8026b76096f3 (patch)
tree268277f390b889cc857152d268242bd603036b9e /manual/conf.texi
parentca0a6bc4c5c53aa6c4a735c36336408a06b8cd89 (diff)
CVE-2013-4237, BZ #14699: Buffer overflow in readdir_r
* sysdeps/posix/dirstream.h (struct __dirstream): Add errcode member. * sysdeps/posix/opendir.c (__alloc_dir): Initialize errcode member. * sysdeps/posix/rewinddir.c (rewinddir): Reset errcode member. * sysdeps/posix/readdir_r.c (__READDIR_R): Enforce NAME_MAX limit. Return delayed error code. Remove GETDENTS_64BIT_ALIGNED conditional. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/readdir_r.c: Do not define GETDENTS_64BIT_ALIGNED. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/readdir64_r.c: Likewise. * manual/filesys.texi (Reading/Closing Directory): Document ENAMETOOLONG return value of readdir_r. Recommend readdir more strongly. * manual/conf.texi (Limits for Files): Add portability note to NAME_MAX, PATH_MAX. (Pathconf): Add portability note for _PC_NAME_MAX, _PC_PATH_MAX.
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diff --git a/manual/conf.texi b/manual/conf.texi
index 7eb8b3625a..c720063b83 100644
--- a/manual/conf.texi
+++ b/manual/conf.texi
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ typed ahead as input. @xref{I/O Queues}.
@deftypevr Macro int NAME_MAX
The uniform system limit (if any) for the length of a file name component, not
including the terminating null character.
+
+@strong{Portability Note:} On some systems, @theglibc{} defines
+@code{NAME_MAX}, but does not actually enforce this limit.
@end deftypevr
@comment limits.h
@@ -1157,6 +1160,9 @@ including the terminating null character.
The uniform system limit (if any) for the length of an entire file name (that
is, the argument given to system calls such as @code{open}), including the
terminating null character.
+
+@strong{Portability Note:} @Theglibc{} does not enforce this limit
+even if @code{PATH_MAX} is defined.
@end deftypevr
@cindex limits, pipe buffer size
@@ -1476,6 +1482,9 @@ Inquire about the value of @code{POSIX_REC_MIN_XFER_SIZE}.
Inquire about the value of @code{POSIX_REC_XFER_ALIGN}.
@end table
+@strong{Portability Note:} On some systems, @theglibc{} does not
+enforce @code{_PC_NAME_MAX} or @code{_PC_PATH_MAX} limits.
+
@node Utility Limits
@section Utility Program Capacity Limits