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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c22
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c
index 9a2255c0da..d142843cbe 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1993, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1993, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ssize_t
internal_function
__getdents (int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes)
{
- off_t last_offset = 0;
+ off_t last_offset = __lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
size_t red_nbytes;
struct kernel_dirent *skdp, *kdp;
struct dirent *dp;
@@ -96,13 +96,17 @@ __getdents (int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes)
if ((char *) dp + new_reclen > buf + nbytes)
{
/* Our heuristic failed. We read too many entries. Reset
- the stream. `last_offset' contains the last known
- position. If it is zero this is the first record we are
- reading. In this case do a relative search. */
- if (last_offset == 0)
- __lseek (fd, -retval, SEEK_CUR);
- else
- __lseek (fd, last_offset, SEEK_SET);
+ the stream. */
+ __lseek (fd, last_offset, SEEK_SET);
+
+ if ((char *) dp == buf)
+ {
+ /* The buffer the user passed in is too small to hold even
+ one entry. */
+ __set_errno (EINVAL);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
break;
}