[ python-Bugs-1433877 ] string parameter to ioctl not null terminated, includes fix
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Category: Extension Modules
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Quentin Barnes (qbarnes)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: string parameter to ioctl not null terminated, includes fix
Initial Comment:
I ran across this problem in Python 2.3.3 and see it is
still there in 2.4.2.
When running the test_pty.py test case, I would get
intermittant failures depending on how the test was
invoked or the compiler flags used on Solaris.
Trussing the interpreter while running the test revealed:
ioctl(4, I_PUSH, "ptem\xff^T^F^H") Err#22 EINVAL
There was garbage on the end of the string when it
would fail.
I tracked the problem back to fcntl_ioctl() in
fcntlmodule.c. The string was not being NULL
terminated, but relied on having zeroed gargage on the
stack to work.
I checked the source for 2.4.2 and noticed the same
problem. Patch to fix the problem is attached.
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