Re: Missing Sanity Check for calloc() in Snort-3.0.0-a1 (round 2)

["Russ Combs (rucombs)" <rucombs () cisco com>]

Thanks Bill.

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From: Bill Parker [wp02855 () gmail com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 4:44 PM
To: snort-devel () lists sourceforge net
Subject: [Snort-devel] Missing Sanity Check for calloc() in Snort-3.0.0-a1 (round 2)

Hello All,

   In reviewing code in 'flow.cc' in directory '/src/flow'
for snort-3.0.0-a1, I found a call to calloc() which lacked a
test for a return value of NULL, indicating failure.  The patch file
below adds the needed check and returns on failure :)

--- flow.cc.orig        2014-12-12 13:38:02.058658761 -0800
+++ flow.cc     2014-12-12 13:40:31.989714227 -0800
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     * StreamFlowData structure */
     size_t sz = sizeof(StreamFlowData) + getFlowbitSizeInBytes() - 1;
     flowdata = (StreamFlowData*)calloc(sz, 1);
+    if (flowdata == NULL) // unable to calloc memory, print error msg or just go home?
+       return;

     boInitStaticBITOP(
         &(flowdata->boFlowbits), getFlowbitSizeInBytes(), flowdata->flowb);

I am attaching the patch file to this email.

Bill Parker (wp02855 at gmail dot com)

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