slackbuilds_ponce/misc/sdcv/patches/11_allignment.patch
Vladimir Yatsemirski 18bc18abd0 misc/sdcv: Added (console dictionary application).
Signed-off-by: Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>
2012-12-27 18:27:33 +01:00

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From: Michal Čihař <nijel@debian.org>
Subject: Fix unalligned access to buffer.
On several architectures (arm, armel, sparc and ia64), unalligned access to
integers is not allowed. Buffer in this function is not alligned at all and
attempt to read integer from it causes crash of application on such
architectures.
Bug: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2149388&group_id=122858&atid=694730
--- a/src/lib/lib.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/lib.cpp
@@ -496,9 +496,13 @@
entries[i].keystr=p;
len=strlen(p);
p+=len+1;
- entries[i].off=g_ntohl(*reinterpret_cast<guint32 *>(p));
+ /*
+ * Can not use typecasting here, because *data does not have
+ * to be alligned and unalligned access fails on some architectures.
+ */
+ entries[i].off=((unsigned char)p[0] << 24) | ((unsigned char)p[1] << 16) | ((unsigned char)p[2] << 8) | (unsigned char)p[3];
p+=sizeof(guint32);
- entries[i].size=g_ntohl(*reinterpret_cast<guint32 *>(p));
+ entries[i].size=((unsigned char)p[0] << 24) | ((unsigned char)p[1] << 16) | ((unsigned char)p[2] << 8) | (unsigned char)p[3];
p+=sizeof(guint32);
}
}