commit 2d6d5db2fe4f8a4538c5bed903f7e1576e9eea40 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Wed Aug 1 17:25:34 2012 -0400
Defensive programming: clear rs_out between iterations.
I can't currently find a bug here, but there are a couple of near-misses. Addresses ticket 6514; reported pseudonymously on IRC. --- changes/bug6514 | 5 +++++ src/or/dirvote.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug6514 b/changes/bug6514 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84633bd --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug6514 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + o Minor bugfixes: + - Add a (probably redundant) memory clear between iterations of + the router status voting loop, to prevent future coding errors + where data might leak between iterations of the loop. Resolves + ticket 6514. diff --git a/src/or/dirvote.c b/src/or/dirvote.c index 7995873..bc77973 100644 --- a/src/or/dirvote.c +++ b/src/or/dirvote.c @@ -1752,6 +1752,7 @@ networkstatus_compute_consensus(smartlist_t *votes, rs = compute_routerstatus_consensus(matching_descs, consensus_method, microdesc_digest); /* Copy bits of that into rs_out. */ + memset(&rs_out, 0, sizeof(rs_out)); tor_assert(fast_memeq(lowest_id, rs->status.identity_digest,DIGEST_LEN)); memcpy(rs_out.identity_digest, lowest_id, DIGEST_LEN); memcpy(rs_out.descriptor_digest, rs->status.descriptor_digest,