Re: Minor patch to correct buffer overrun

[Chris Sutcliffe]

Hi Eli,

On 19 August 2010 05:56, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Looks like somehow we call find_directory with a list of directories
> from VPATH or vpath.  If you can find which function issues such a
> strange call, please tell.  Failing that, I will take a look soon, as
> this sounds like some bug: it's clear that the call to stat in
> find_directory will always fail for such "file names", so there's no
> point in making such calls.

I've found where it's coming from.  It turns out dir_name() is calling
find_directory() and it's actually construct_vpath_list() that is the
source of the issue.  In particular this block of code (starting at
line 262 of vpath.c):

      /* Put the directory on the vpath list.  */
      if (len > 1 || *v != '.')
        {
          vpath[elem++] = dir_name (strcache_add_len (v, len));
          if (len > maxvpath)
            maxvpath = len;
        }

I haven't had a chance to look at this code in context, so I'm not
sure what the issue is yet, but I figured I'd give you the heads up.

Chris

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