[PATCH] ProcGetPointerMapping uses rep.nElts before it is initialized

Keith Packard keithp at keithp.com
Tue Jul 10 16:03:40 PDT 2012


In:

	commit d792ac125a0462a04a930af543cbc732f8cdab7d
	Author: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
	Date:   Mon Jul 9 19:12:43 2012 -0700

	    Use C99 designated initializers in dix Replies

the initializer for the .length element of the xGetPointerMappingReply
structure uses the value of rep.nElts, but that won't be set until
after this initializer runs, so we get garbage in the length element
and clients using it will generally wedge.

Easy to verify:

	$ xmodmap -pp

Fixed by creating a local nElts variable and using that.

Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com>
---
 dix/devices.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dix/devices.c b/dix/devices.c
index 839de35..207b78b 100644
--- a/dix/devices.c
+++ b/dix/devices.c
@@ -1890,6 +1890,7 @@ ProcGetPointerMapping(ClientPtr client)
      * the ClientPointer could change. */
     DeviceIntPtr ptr = PickPointer(client);
     ButtonClassPtr butc = ptr->button;
+    int nElts;
     int rc;
 
     REQUEST_SIZE_MATCH(xReq);
@@ -1898,15 +1899,16 @@ ProcGetPointerMapping(ClientPtr client)
     if (rc != Success)
         return rc;
 
+    nElts = (butc) ? butc->numButtons : 0;
     rep = (xGetPointerMappingReply) {
         .type = X_Reply,
-        .nElts = (butc) ? butc->numButtons : 0,
+        .nElts = nElts,
         .sequenceNumber = client->sequence,
-        .length = ((unsigned) rep.nElts + (4 - 1)) / 4
+        .length = ((unsigned) nElts + (4 - 1)) / 4
     };
     WriteReplyToClient(client, sizeof(xGetPointerMappingReply), &rep);
     if (butc)
-        WriteToClient(client, (int) rep.nElts, &butc->map[1]);
+        WriteToClient(client, nElts, &butc->map[1]);
     return Success;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4



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