Re: null iconv outbuf

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Ilya N. Golubev, 2003-04-22]
> Versions: all at least since 20-Apr-98
>
> `charset.texi' says about iconv():
>
>> If @var{outbuf} or @address@hidden is a null pointer, the
>> conversion is performed but no output is available.
>
> But `iconv.c' unconditionally dereferences `outbuf', at least when
>
> !(__builtin_expect (inbuf == NULL || *inbuf == NULL, 0))
>
> This causes segv when `outbuf' is a null pointer.
>
> I do not submit a patch since I have not figured out which output
> pointers are allowed by `__gconv' called by `iconv'.

This sounds like a bug in the documentation or the implementation.
But I'm not sure if the glibc maintainers read this list.  You should
consider submitting your bug to the glibc bugzilla, available from
<URL:http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/>.