oss-security - gcc 4.2 optimizations and integer overflow checks

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Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:12:34 -0400
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: gcc 4.2 optimizations and integer overflow checks

Has anyone started to look at this yet:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162289

I suspect this isn't going to be trivial to detect.  Ideas are welcome.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

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