Re: glibc glob_filename() recurse call stack overflow (Re[2]: Bash Blues )

[Ali Saifullah Khan <saifullah () gamebox net>]

file : bash-VERSION/lib/glob/glob.c
char ** glob_filename(pathname)
char * pathname;
{
.
.
        {
                directory_len = (filename - pathname) + 1;
                directory_name = (char *) alloca (directory_len + 1);

                bcopy (pathname, directory_name, directory_len);
                directory_name[directory_len] = '\0';
                ++filename;
        }
.
.
As Vladimir pointed out, instead of copying a large source string of length
'directory_len' why not simply copy strlen(pathname) bytes to directory_name.
Would this produce a fix ?....I'm not an expert when it comes to C, but so far this is what i conclude.

Regards.

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