Anno domini 2023 Mon, 8 May 17:24:02 -0700 Mike Bird via tde-devels scripsit: > On Mon May 8 2023 16:47:56 deloptes via tde-devels wrote: > > I did some debugging and pinpointed sscanf. It is not reading strings > > properly. > > Do you have any idea what could be the reason for this? > > > > see attached for an example where the format and the string are from the > > code and configuration respectively > > %as is looking for a float so let's ignore that. > > If we switch back to %s it's looking for a string which would be > great except no memory has been allocated for the strings. > > The attached works with both gcc and clang but the important thing > to remember is NEVER NEVER NEVER use scanf or any variant thereof. > > https://dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/dangers-c.html Sorry to spoil the party, but on this page contains errors (I have not read further ) "read(fd, &len, sizeof(len));" is utterly BS. > > --Mike > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-devels mailing list -- devels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devels-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/devels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
