[PATCH FOR REVIEW] Potential Buffer Overflow in java_props_md.c

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On 08/01/2012 09:52 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> > I have no idea what happened with Omair's
> > extended version.  It's not in IcedTea.
> > 
> 
> I didn't commit it to icedtea since I assumed I would be committing
> it
> to OpenJDK7/8 anyway (and icedtea would get it on the next sync). And
> I
> didn't commit it to OpenJDK7 because only critical fixes were being
> accepted. Then I guess this patch fell off my radar when 7u/8 forests
> were created.

Yes, I can see the reasoning, but in retrospect, it seems a good idea to
add patches to IcedTea straight away so they don't get lost, should review
take a while for some reason (and they have to go through two to reach 6 or 7).

It's trivial to merge the two when they do come in.

> 
> > Can I take it that I can just get on and push Omair's extended
> > version now then,
> > with that bug ID?
> 
> Definitely no objections from me.
> 

Done: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-August/010993.html

> Cheers,
> Omair
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/)
Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F  8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07