On 5/5/08, DM <dm.n9107@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > /*
> > + * sys_pipe() is the normal C calling standard for creating
> > + * a pipe. It's not the way Unix traditionally does this, though.
> > + */
> > +asmlinkage long sys_pipe(int __user *fildes)
> > +{
> > + int fd[2];
> > + int error;
> > +
> > + error = do_pipe(fd);
> > + if (!error) {
> > + if (copy_to_user(fildes, fd, sizeof(fd)))
> > + error = -EFAULT;
> > + }
> > + return error;
> > +}
> > +
>
> [...]
>
> I realize this code is old, but wouldn't file descriptors leak if
> copy_to_user fails?
Yes, it does -- I just tested this.
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Michael Kerrisk
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