misc/72775: graphics/gdk-pixbuf security patch mistakes

Nobuhiro Yasutomi nobuhiro.yasutomi at nifty.ne.jp
Sat Oct 16 19:10:19 PDT 2004


>Number:         72775
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       graphics/gdk-pixbuf security patch mistakes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 17 02:10:19 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nobuhiro Yasutomi
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD alex.mysite.jp 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #1: Tue Aug 31 03:55:48 JST 2004     root at alex.mysite.jp:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/ALEX  i386

>Description:
last added security patch include glib-2 calling entry `g_try_malloc'. Therefor make violation runtime linking. 

>How-To-Repeat:
just run graphics/pornview :-)
>Fix:
replace g_try_malloc to g_malloc
--- files/-patch-pixbuf-security	Tue Oct 12 05:05:25 2004
+++ files/patch-pixbuf-security	Sun Oct 17 09:53:20 2004
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
  
 -	name_buf = g_new (gchar, n_col * (cpp + 1));
 -	colors = g_new (_XPMColor, n_col);
-+	name_buf = (gchar *) g_try_malloc (n_col * (cpp + 1));
++	name_buf = (gchar *) g_malloc (n_col * (cpp + 1));
 +	if (!name_buf) {
 +		g_warning ("Cannot allocate memory for loading XPM image");
 +		g_hash_table_destroy (color_hash);
 +		return NULL;
 +	}
 +
-+	colors = (_XPMColor *) g_try_malloc (sizeof (_XPMColor) * n_col);
++	colors = (_XPMColor *) g_malloc (sizeof (_XPMColor) * n_col);
 +	if (!colors) {
 +		g_warning ("Cannot allocate memory for loading XPM image");
 +		g_hash_table_destroy (color_hash);

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