Bug 116606 - mbtowc() doesn't like large SIZE parameter values
Summary: mbtowc() doesn't like large SIZE parameter values
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: glibc
Version: 1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-02-23 18:55 UTC by Miloslav Trmac
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-04-08 12:31:50 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:143 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE GNU C Library bugfix update 2004-05-11 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:212 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated shadow-utils package available 2004-05-11 04:00:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2004:213 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Updated ypserv package available 2004-05-11 04:00:00 UTC

Description Miloslav Trmac 2004-02-23 18:55:58 UTC
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-2.3.2-101.4

Steps to Reproduce:
#include <limits.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int
main (void)
{
  wchar_t wc;

  setlocale (LC_CTYPE, "en_US.UTF-8");
  printf ("%d\n", mbtowc (&wc, "\xc3\xa1", MB_LEN_MAX));
  printf ("%d\n", mbtowc (&wc, "\xc3\xa1", SIZE_MAX));
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

  
Actual results:
2
-1

Expected results:
2
2

Comment 1 Miloslav Trmac 2004-04-08 12:31:50 UTC
This looks fixed in glibc-2.3.3-18.

Comment 2 John Flanagan 2004-05-12 01:28:25 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-212.html



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