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-rw-r--r--src/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--src/doprnt.c8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 555fb9589f5..14727d403c2 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-04-28 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ * doprnt.c (doprnt): Omit useless test; int overflow check (Bug#8545).
+
2011-04-28 Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
* w32.c (init_environment): Warn about defaulting HOME to C:\.
diff --git a/src/doprnt.c b/src/doprnt.c
index 63dba9f5850..eac1796c496 100644
--- a/src/doprnt.c
+++ b/src/doprnt.c
@@ -198,8 +198,12 @@ doprnt (char *buffer, register size_t bufsize, const char *format,
while (fmt < format_end
&& '0' <= fmt[1] && fmt[1] <= '9')
{
- if (n >= SIZE_MAX / 10
- || n * 10 > SIZE_MAX - (fmt[1] - '0'))
+ /* Avoid int overflow, because many sprintfs seriously
+ mess up with widths or precisions greater than
+ INT_MAX. Avoid size_t overflow, since our counters
+ use size_t. This test is slightly conservative, for
+ speed and simplicity. */
+ if (n >= min (INT_MAX, SIZE_MAX) / 10)
error ("Format width or precision too large");
n = n * 10 + fmt[1] - '0';
*string++ = *++fmt;