[tor-bugs] #21654 [Core Tor/Tor]: Don't use fgets() when we might get EAGAIN

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Wed Mar 8 15:51:47 UTC 2017


#21654: Don't use fgets() when we might get EAGAIN
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 Reporter:  nickm         |          Owner:  ahf
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Changes (by nickm):

 * status:  needs_review => needs_revision


Comment:

 DANGER, DANGER!

 read() does not ensure that its output is NUL-terminated: you can't do
 strlen() on something you just got from read()! get_string_from_pipe needs
 to change.

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