Re: ClamAV infinite loop

Trog wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 09:03 +0000, Nigel Horne wrote:
>
> > Try this patch in .../clamav-devel/libclamav:
>
>
> > !     if(alloc == ptr) {
> > !       cli_errmsg("cli_realloc(): Can't re-allocate memory to %u 
> > bytes\n", size);
> > !       free(ptr);
> > !       return NULL;
> > !     }
>
>
> You seriously don't want to do that. The memory allocator can return the
> same address if it is able to extend the existing memory region.

Good point.

> cli_realloc() is correct as it is.
>
> -trog
>
>
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