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| author | Dana Robinson <43805+derobins@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-04-30 19:47:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-04-30 19:47:51 (GMT) |
| commit | 73bb382e9e77ca9847c09dff37b9e2338f26bbb8 (patch) | |
| tree | 85e726e1aae576dc13ac76da36c92305c669ec92 /release_docs | |
| parent | 7ab97037a0f64a583a6c7d4064d92a963cdfd843 (diff) | |
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Fixes crashes when size_hint > UINT32_MAX is passed to H5Gcreate1 (#611)
* Committing clang-format changes
* Fixes incorrect size_hint handling in H5Gcreate1
* Updates the size hint type for group creation
* Updates the RELEASE.txt note
* Revert "Updates the RELEASE.txt note"
This reverts commit 3df386acca806d652bbe2209f7c4503b30f068ff.
* Reverts previous behavior to use a uint32_t struct field
* Updates RELEASE.txt
Co-authored-by: github-actions <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 8b07393..be8440f 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -414,6 +414,24 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - H5Gcreate1() now rejects size_hint parameters larger than UINT32_MAX + + The size_hint value is ultimately stored in a uint32_t struct field, + so specifying a value larger than this on a 64-bit machine can cause + undefined behavior including crashing the system. + + The documentation for this API call was also incorrect, stating that + passing a negative value would cause the library to use a default + value. Instead, passing a "negative" value actually passes a very large + value, which is probably not what the user intends and can cause + crashes on 64-bit systems. + + The Doxygen documentation has been updated and passing values larger + than UINT32_MAX for size_hint will now produce a normal HDF5 error. + + (DER - 2021/04/29, HDFFV-11241) + + - H5Pset_fapl_log() no longer crashes when passed an invalid fapl ID When passed an invalid fapl ID, H5Pset_fapl_log() would usually |