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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a7e46c..0e606dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2010-03-24 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+ [BZ #11397]
+ * sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c (cuserid): Make sure the returned string
+ is NUL terminated.
+ Patch by Jonathan Geisler <jgeisler@cse.taylor.edu>.
+
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mmap64.c: Allow variable shift values.
2010-03-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c b/sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c
index 11c827a..f30c20e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2010 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
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ cuserid (s)
if (s == NULL)
s = name;
- return strncpy (s, pwptr->pw_name, L_cuserid);
+ s[L_userid - 1] = '\0';
+ return strncpy (s, pwptr->pw_name, L_cuserid - 1);
}