Re: [exim-dev] unchecked return code of malloc

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Author: David Woodhouse
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To: Alexander Holler
CC: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] unchecked return code of malloc
On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 15:47 +0100, Alexander Holler wrote:
>
> exim-4.69/src/exim.c:3305:      uschar *newp = malloc(Ustrlen(TMPDIR) + 8);
> exim-4.69/src/exim.c-3306-      sprintf(CS newp, "TMPDIR=%s", TMPDIR);
> exim-4.69/src/exim.c-3307-      *p = newp;
> --

>
> This one e.g. is still found in exim 4.72.
>
> I haven't looked further because the problem might already be found, and
> I don't know if exim overwrites malloc, but I would suggest to
> remove/fix those few places like the one above. I know it might be
> difficult to get to the point where malloc returns 0 (NULL), but fixing
> those places looks to me like a good idea.


I have no idea why that code isn't using Exim's store_malloc() instead
of malloc(). The store_malloc() function will log an abort message and
die if the allocation fails.

A patch to fix that (and other instances) would be much appreciated.

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dwmw2