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-rw-r--r--nscd/nscd_helper.c7
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c8b95d..65c96fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2007-10-06 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+ * nscd/nscd_helper.c (__nscd_cache_search): Prevent endless loops.
+
[BZ #4407]
* sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_lgamma_r.c: Fix *signgamp for -0.0.
* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/e_lgammaf_r.c: Likewise.
diff --git a/nscd/nscd_helper.c b/nscd/nscd_helper.c
index 5f3d54e..2e6d5f7 100644
--- a/nscd/nscd_helper.c
+++ b/nscd/nscd_helper.c
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ __nscd_cache_search (request_type type, const char *key, size_t keylen,
unsigned long int hash = __nis_hash (key, keylen) % mapped->head->module;
size_t datasize = mapped->datasize;
- ref_t work = mapped->head->array[hash];
+ ref_t first = mapped->head->array[hash];
+ ref_t work = first;
while (work != ENDREF && work + sizeof (struct hashentry) <= datasize)
{
struct hashentry *here = (struct hashentry *) (mapped->data + work);
@@ -454,6 +455,10 @@ __nscd_cache_search (request_type type, const char *key, size_t keylen,
}
work = here->next;
+ /* Prevent endless loops. This should never happen but perhaps
+ the database got corrupted, accidentally or deliberately. */
+ if (work == first)
+ break;
}
return NULL;