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[Bug fortran/23065] MAXPATHLEN usage in fortran/{scanner,module}.c
- From: "pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 1 Aug 2005 18:34:30 -0000
- Subject: [Bug fortran/23065] MAXPATHLEN usage in fortran/{scanner,module}.c
- References: <20050725203426.23065.schwinge-bugzilla-gcc.gnu.org@nic-nac-project.de>
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------- Additional Comments From pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu 2005-08-01 18:34 -------
Subject: Re: MAXPATHLEN usage in fortran/{scanner,module}.c
On Aug 1, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 04:46:17PM -0000, pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot
> org wrote:
>>
>> Well in both the cases in the fortran front-end, really an alloca
>> should be used instead of MAXPATHLEN.
>>
>
> The attached patches uses alloca to remove the use of PATH_MAX
> from gfortran. It also fixes one other nearby hardcoded buffer.
This what I was thinking of.
This also fixes a buffer overflow that could have happened in
gfc_dump_module.
Thanks,
Andrew Pinski
PS scanner.s should be scanner.c in the ChangeLog.
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