thanks, patches applied to master.

regards,


On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Zeying Xie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> Here are patches for fixing some Monkey string problems:
>
> [1/2] String: validate length of substring first to avoid extra memory
> allocation and release
> In the current source code, `mk_string_copy_substr` allocate a memory for
> substring and then it determine  whether `pos_init` is larger than
> `pos_end`. If so, it release the previous allocated memory. This is
> unnecessary if we compare `pos_init` and `pos_end` first.
> What's more, the length of substring is given by `unsigned int size; size
> = (unsigned int) (pos_end - pos_init) + 1;`, `pos_init` and `pos_end` are
> both defined as `int`. Someone can take advantage of this by passing
> invalid argument on purpose, because converting a negative number to an
> unsigned one will result in a big number. Doing the compare first also
> solve this problem.
>
> [2/2] Config: fix substring length for copy
> When copying the value substring from a configuration line, the end
> position should be `len - indent_len - i`, because we are counting from
> `buf + indent_len +i`. This may lead to a segment fault if `i` is large
> enough.
>
> Best Regards,
> swpd
>



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