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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-21 00:46:44 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-21 00:51:19 +0200
commit1b0b1651b16bd67fa5a583cfe6ce98ac9df80e56 (patch)
treed269cb07b7a5c027748652eaad94834188ccfe9e /gnu/packages/patches
parent5502fbd7fd8073e7eeb0b447530d7c88c1b79367 (diff)
downloadguix-1b0b1651b16bd67fa5a583cfe6ce98ac9df80e56.tar.gz
gnu: mtools: 'mformat' initializes boot sector before writing it.
This is the last bit fixing <https://bugs.gnu.org/35283>.

Previously, 'mformat' (used by 'grub-mkrescue') would pass uninitialized
bytes to write(2), leading to non-deterministic FAT image contents.
This patch fixes that.

* gnu/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch: New file.
* gnu/packages/mtools.scm (mtools)[source]: Use it.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches')
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae69d45c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Fix a bug whereby 'mformat' could end up passing uninitialized bytes
+to write(2).  This could be reproduced with:
+
+  mformat -C -f 1440 -L 16  -N 77777777 -i  /tmp/x ::
+
+where the output of /tmp/x would be non-deterministic.
+
+Patch by Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>.
+
+--- mtools-4.0.23/mformat.c	2019-04-21 00:12:01.496116195 +0200
++++ mtools-4.0.23/mformat.c	2019-04-21 00:12:36.675967157 +0200
+@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ void mformat(int argc, char **argv, int
+ 	
+ 	char *endptr;
+ 
++	memset(&boot.bytes, '\0', sizeof boot);
+ 	hs = hs_set = 0;
+ 	argtracks = 0;
+ 	argheads = 0;
+