libcompat: Fix vasprintf() to error out if vsnprintf() returns >= INT_MAX
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1 /*
2 * libcompat - system compatibility library
4 * Copyright © 2010 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
6 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
11 * This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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20 #include <config.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
23 #include <limits.h>
24 #include <stdarg.h>
25 #include <stdio.h>
26 #include <stdlib.h>
28 #include "compat.h"
30 int
31 vasprintf(char **strp, char const *fmt, va_list args)
33 va_list args_copy;
34 int needed, n;
35 char *str;
37 va_copy(args_copy, args);
38 needed = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, args_copy);
39 va_end(args_copy);
41 if (needed < 0 || needed >= INT_MAX) {
42 if (needed >= INT_MAX)
43 errno = EOVERFLOW;
44 *strp = NULL;
45 return -1;
48 str = malloc(needed + 1);
49 if (str == NULL) {
50 *strp = NULL;
51 return -1;
54 n = vsnprintf(str, needed + 1, fmt, args);
55 if (n < 0) {
56 free(str);
57 str = NULL;
60 *strp = str;
62 return n;