[issue2130] malloc(SIZE_MAX) returns a buffer sized for 0.

Venkatesh Srinivas (via DragonFly issue tracker) sinknull at leaf.dragonflybsd.org
Sun Sep 11 20:28:44 PDT 2011


New submission from Venkatesh Srinivas <vsrinivas at dragonflybsd.org>:

malloc(SIZE_MAX) returns a buffer sized for 0 bytes on i386; this is because the
addition and mask on nmalloc.c line 824 can overflow.

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title: malloc(SIZE_MAX) returns a buffer sized for 0.

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