[tor-bugs] #18089 [Tor]: Tor compiled with --enable-expensive-hardening leads to runtime errors (null pointer passing)

Tue Jan 19 13:31:23 UTC 2016

#18089: Tor compiled with --enable-expensive-hardening leads to runtime errors
(null pointer passing)
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 Reporter:  gk                          |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                      |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                      |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Tor                         |  0.2.6.x-final
 Severity:  Critical                    |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
 Keywords:  027-backport, 026-backport  |     Resolution:  fixed
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Comment (by nickm):

 teor: I've tweaked the patch a little so that we assert on ptr == NULL
 when sz != 0.

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