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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 15:56:41 +0000
From: Qualys Security Advisory <qsa@...lys.com>
To: Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
CC: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>,
Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: Out-of-bounds read & write in the glibc's qsort()
Hi Solar, all,
On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:35:20PM +0100, Solar Designer wrote:
> It's so invasive I cannot easily tell whether qsort() remained robust
> after it or not. There's no longer a "tmp_ptr != base_ptr &&" check.
> So, lacking known-working tests in glibc tree, we don't know about glibc
> 2.39's status with respect to this issue.
The "tmp_ptr != base_ptr" bounds check was originally added to the
_quicksort() function, but is not needed anymore in glibc 2.39 because
the old fallback to quick sort (the _quicksort() function) has been
completely removed and replaced by a fallback to heap sort.
Note, just in case: we have not reviewed the implementation of this new
fallback to heap sort.
> Great findings and excellent quality write-up from Qualys, as usual.
Thank you very much for your kind words!
With best regards,
--
the Qualys Security Advisory team
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