[Bug 206551] Heap overflow in iconv kernel module

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206551

Jilles Tjoelker <jilles at FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Jilles Tjoelker <jilles at FreeBSD.org> ---
The explanation why there is no triggerable problem is that the
ICONV_CSMAXDATALEN expression is of type size_t, an unsigned type. Then,
comparing an int and a size_t, the int is converted to size_t, converting
negative values to very large positive values.

This is fragile (changing ICONV_CSMAXDATALEN to a plain number like 266240 will
make it vulnerable) and causes compiler warnings with -Wsign-compare, but is
not an immediate bug.

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