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-rw-r--r--nscd/connections.c7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 65c96fe..24ca28f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
2007-10-06 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* nscd/nscd_helper.c (__nscd_cache_search): Prevent endless loops.
+ * nscd/connections.c (verify_persistent_db): Recognize circular lists.
[BZ #4407]
* sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_lgamma_r.c: Fix *signgamp for -0.0.
diff --git a/nscd/connections.c b/nscd/connections.c
index 0687a26..2572a42 100644
--- a/nscd/connections.c
+++ b/nscd/connections.c
@@ -378,7 +378,8 @@ verify_persistent_db (void *mem, struct database_pers_head *readhead, int dbnr)
nscd_ssize_t he_cnt = 0;
for (nscd_ssize_t cnt = 0; cnt < head->module; ++cnt)
{
- ref_t work = head->array[cnt];
+ ref_t first = head->array[cnt];
+ ref_t work = first;
while (work != ENDREF)
{
@@ -437,6 +438,10 @@ verify_persistent_db (void *mem, struct database_pers_head *readhead, int dbnr)
}
work = here->next;
+
+ if (work == first)
+ /* A circular list, this must not happen. */
+ goto fail;
}
}