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[v2,1/8] mount: avoid two-byte heap write overrun

Message ID 1322742439-2171-2-git-send-email-jim@meyering.net
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Jim Meyering Dec. 1, 2011, 12:27 p.m. UTC 
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>

* src/mount/main.c (try_mount): Correct off-by-two under-allocation.
Rather than allocating space for strlen(S)+1, it allocates space
for strlen(S+1), which is shorter by two.  Spotted by coverity.

Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
---
 src/mount/main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/src/mount/main.c b/src/mount/main.c
index f76f355..b49d152 100644
--- a/src/mount/main.c
+++ b/src/mount/main.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@  try_mount(const char *source, const char *target, const char *text_options)
 	} else {
 		char *tmp;

-		tmp = malloc(strlen(remaining + 1));
+		tmp = malloc(strlen(remaining) + 1);
 		if (tmp == NULL) {
 			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: No memory\n"), progname);
 			remaining = NULL;