RE: [PATCH] Replaced read with xread in transport-helper.c to fix SSIZE_MAX overun in t5509

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On January 11, 2018 12:40 AM, I wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] Replaced read with xread in transport-helper.c to fix
> SSIZE_MAX overun in t5509
> 
> This fix was needed on HPE NonStop NSE where SSIZE_MAX is less than
> BUFFERSIZE resulting in EINVAL. The call to read in transport-helper.c
> was the only place outside of wrapper.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  transport-helper.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
> index 3640804..68a4e30 100644
> --- a/transport-helper.c
> +++ b/transport-helper.c
> @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static int udt_do_read(struct
> unidirectional_transfer *t)
>                 return 0;       /* No space for more. */
> 
>         transfer_debug("%s is readable", t->src_name);
> -       bytes = read(t->src, t->buf + t->bufuse, BUFFERSIZE - t->bufuse);
> +       bytes = xread(t->src, t->buf + t->bufuse, BUFFERSIZE - t->bufuse);
>         if (bytes < 0 && errno != EWOULDBLOCK && errno != EAGAIN &&
>                 errno != EINTR) {
>                 error_errno("read(%s) failed", t->src_name);

This fixes all known breaks except 3 on NonStop down from 229, so I'm thinking it's worth it. A high fix-to-bytes-changed ratio 😉

Cheers,
Randall




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