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From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:48:41 -0700
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Subject: [PATCH] Limit write requests to at most INT_MAX. This prevents a
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 certain common programming error (passing -1 to write) from leading to other
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 problems deeper in the library.
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---
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 libarchive/archive_write.c | 5 +++++
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 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/libarchive/archive_write.c b/libarchive/archive_write.c
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index eede5e0..be85621 100644
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--- a/libarchive/archive_write.c
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+++ b/libarchive/archive_write.c
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@@ -673,8 +673,13 @@ static ssize_t
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 _archive_write_data(struct archive *_a, const void *buff, size_t s)
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 {
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 	struct archive_write *a = (struct archive_write *)_a;
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+	const size_t max_write = INT_MAX;
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+
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 	archive_check_magic(&a->archive, ARCHIVE_WRITE_MAGIC,
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 	    ARCHIVE_STATE_DATA, "archive_write_data");
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+	/* In particular, this catches attempts to pass negative values. */
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+	if (s > max_write)
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+		s = max_write;
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 	archive_clear_error(&a->archive);
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 	return ((a->format_write_data)(a, buff, s));
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 }
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-- 
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1.8.1
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