[PATCH] make bb_ask zero its memory every time

Tito farmatito at tiscali.it
Mon May 20 13:38:01 UTC 2013


Hi,
this patch make bb_ask function zero its memory every time
as stated in a comment in sulogin.c.

--- libbb/bb_askpass.c.original 2013-05-20 15:27:45.309890577 +0200
+++ libbb/bb_askpass.c  2013-05-20 15:28:19.207572983 +0200
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@
        }
 
        if (!passwd)
-               passwd = xmalloc(sizeof_passwd);
+               passwd = xzalloc(sizeof_passwd);
+       else
+               memset(passwd, 0, sizeof_passwd);
+
        ret = passwd;
        i = 0;
        while (1) {

This is mostly paranoia.

Ciao,
Tito
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