An element declared as size_t cannot be detected as negative (len < 0 is always false). This can lead to an infinite loop causing a segmentation fault. Use an int to solve this issue Signed-off-by: Marc-Antoine Perennou <Marc-Antoine@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sys-utils/dmesg.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.c b/sys-utils/dmesg.c index 867581d..91855a1 100644 --- a/sys-utils/dmesg.c +++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.c @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static void safe_fwrite(const char *buf, size_t size, FILE *out) #ifdef HAVE_WIDECHAR wchar_t wc; - size_t len = mbrtowc(&wc, p, size - i, &s); + int len = mbrtowc(&wc, p, size - i, &s); if (len == 0) /* L'\0' */ return; -- 1.7.6.134.gcf13f6.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
