[Phoenix-pm] Fwd: [perl #40427] Segfault in pack

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This is a bug report for perl from dgay at acm.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.35 running under perl v5.8.5.


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[Please enter your report here]

The following program will cause a segfault on perl 5.8.5 and 5.9.4:
  @l = ("aa", "bb");
  $fun = pack "(A)30 N4", @l;
  print "$fun\n";

The following patch (for, and tested on, 5.9.4) fixes this:
--- pp_pack.c	2006-09-28 17:21:31.000000000 -0700
+++ pp_pack.c.new 2006-09-28 16:56:14.000000000 -0700
@@ -2630,6 +2630,7 @@
 		if (savsym.howlen == e_star && beglist == endlist)
 		    break;		/* No way to continue */
 	    }
+	    items = endlist - beglist;
 	    lookahead.flags  = symptr->flags & ~group_modifiers;
 	    goto no_change;
 	}

The problem is that the items consumed by the recursive pack are
not counted in the outer pack, so accesses to random parts of the
stack beyond the top are possible. The fix simply updates the
items local variable after the recursive packs ("make test" reports
no failures).

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Flags:
    category=core
    severity=high
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This perlbug was built using Perl v5.8.5 in the Red Hat build system.
It is being executed now by Perl v5.8.5 - Fri Dec 16 14:48:17 EST 2005.

Site configuration information for perl v5.8.5:

Configured by Red Hat, Inc. at Fri Dec 16 14:48:17 EST 2005.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.6.9-1.906_elsmp, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi
    uname='linux tweety.build.redhat.com 2.6.9-1.906_elsmp #1 smp sun dec 12 22:58:08 est 2004 i686 i686 i386 gnulinux '
    config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -Dversion=5.8.5 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root at localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr -Dinc_version_list=5.8.4 5.8.3 5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
    optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
    ccversion='', gccversion='3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=4, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lresolv -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    perllibs=-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
    libc=/lib/libc-2.3.6.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so
    gnulibc_version='2.3.6'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl v5.8.5:
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.4
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
    .

---
Environment for perl v5.8.5:
    HOME=/home/dgay
    LANG=en_US
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC_COLLATE=C
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/opt/msp430/lib:/opt/msp430/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/dgay/work/ivy/cil/bin:/home/dgay/bin:/opt/IBMJava2/bin:/opt/msp430/bin:/home/dgay/work/ivy/cil/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/msp430/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/msp430/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/bash

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