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bug#13627: cut: Commit 06aeeec reintroduced SEG_FAULT


From: Marcel Böhme
Subject: bug#13627: cut: Commit 06aeeec reintroduced SEG_FAULT
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:22:02 +0100 (CET)

   Dear all,
   The current version of cut (after 6.12.2012) exposes a SEG_FAULT:
   $echo 123 | cut --output-del="." -b-1,999999999-
   How the commit introduces the bug:
   Earlier, memory of length eol_start_length was allocated for the array
   printable_field - if max_range_endpoint < eol_start_length. So the
   access at eol_start_length would succeed.
   Now, even if max_range_endpoint < eol_start_length, as long as
   max_range_endpoint > 0, just like before, memory of length
   max_range_endpoint is allocated for array printable_field which is
   accessed "out-of-bounds" at eol_start_length in line 534.
   Just for historical purposes:
   Commit 7380cf79 introduces a SEG_FAULT on large open-ended ranges:
   http://debbugs.gnu.org/7993.
   This bug was fixed in Commit 2e636af1which itself introduces a memory
   leak:
   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2012-12/msg00017.html.
   This bug was fixed in Commit ec48bead which itself re-introduces the
   SEG_FAULT: reported here.
   Best regards,
    Marcel


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