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Date:      Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:18:21 GMT
From:      Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/182279: x11-wm/windowmaker: Fix a typo causing memory to be overwritten
Message-ID:  <201309211118.r8LBILnR075775@oldred.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201309211120.r8LBK0FE004808@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         182279
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       x11-wm/windowmaker: Fix a typo causing memory to be overwritten
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 21 11:20:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Francois Tigeot
>Release:        DragonFly 3.5-DEVELOPMENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
DragonFly sekishi.zefyris.com 3.5-DEVELOPMENT DragonFly v3.5.0.961.gd8b0268-DEVELOPMENT #183: Fri Sep 20 09:48:57 CEST 2013     ftigeot@sekishi.zefyris.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X86_64_GENERIC  x86_64
>Description:
This patch fixes an array-out-of-bounds memory access issue.

I stumbled upon this bug by pure chance after constantly getting signal 11s
from a WindowMaker built with gcc 4.7 (I used 4.4 until now).
gcc 4.4 and previous versions didn't show any obvious issue even though
some memory has always been overwritten.

>How-To-Repeat:
The problem has always been there.

Try running an x11-wm/windowmaker binary built with gcc-4.7 for instant crashes.
>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

--- src/osdep_bsd.c.orig	2013-09-12 21:43:54.000000000 +0000
+++ src/osdep_bsd.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Bool GetCommandForPid(int pid, char ***a
 		mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
 		mib[1] = KERN_ARGMAX;
 		mib[2] = 0;
-		mib[4] = 0;
+		mib[3] = 0;
 
 		count = sizeof(argmax);
 		if (sysctl(mib, 2, &argmax, &count, NULL, 0) == -1)


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