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-rw-r--r--libbb/verror_msg.c41
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index 58846d5..506b906 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const char *msg_eol = "\n";
void FAST_FUNC bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
{
- char *msg;
+ char *msg, *msg1;
int applet_len, strerr_len, msgeol_len, used;
if (!logmode)
@@ -36,27 +36,36 @@ void FAST_FUNC bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p, const char* strerr)
applet_len = strlen(applet_name) + 2; /* "applet: " */
strerr_len = strerr ? strlen(strerr) : 0;
msgeol_len = strlen(msg_eol);
+ /* can't use xrealloc: it calls error_msg on failure,
+ * that may result in a recursion */
/* +3 is for ": " before strerr and for terminating NUL */
- msg = xrealloc(msg, applet_len + used + strerr_len + msgeol_len + 3);
- /* TODO: maybe use writev instead of memmoving? Need full_writev? */
- memmove(msg + applet_len, msg, used);
- used += applet_len;
- strcpy(msg, applet_name);
- msg[applet_len - 2] = ':';
- msg[applet_len - 1] = ' ';
- if (strerr) {
- if (s[0]) { /* not perror_nomsg? */
- msg[used++] = ':';
- msg[used++] = ' ';
+ msg1 = realloc(msg, applet_len + used + strerr_len + msgeol_len + 3);
+ if (!msg1) {
+ msg[used++] = '\n'; /* overwrites NUL */
+ applet_len = 0;
+ } else {
+ msg = msg1;
+ /* TODO: maybe use writev instead of memmoving? Need full_writev? */
+ memmove(msg + applet_len, msg, used);
+ used += applet_len;
+ strcpy(msg, applet_name);
+ msg[applet_len - 2] = ':';
+ msg[applet_len - 1] = ' ';
+ if (strerr) {
+ if (s[0]) { /* not perror_nomsg? */
+ msg[used++] = ':';
+ msg[used++] = ' ';
+ }
+ strcpy(&msg[used], strerr);
+ used += strerr_len;
}
- strcpy(&msg[used], strerr);
- used += strerr_len;
+ strcpy(&msg[used], msg_eol);
+ used += msgeol_len;
}
- strcpy(&msg[used], msg_eol);
if (logmode & LOGMODE_STDIO) {
fflush(stdout);
- full_write(STDERR_FILENO, msg, used + msgeol_len);
+ full_write(STDERR_FILENO, msg, used);
}
if (logmode & LOGMODE_SYSLOG) {
syslog(LOG_ERR, "%s", msg + applet_len);