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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/H5Glink.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 78118b8..fc236bb 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -375,6 +375,18 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.3 release (JTH - 2018/08/25, HDFFV-10501) + - When iterating over an old-style group (i.e., when not using the latest + file format) of size 0, a NULL pointer representing the empty links + table would be sent to qsort(3) for sorting, which is undefined behavior. + + Iterating over an empty group is explicitly tested in the links test. + This has not caused any failures to date and was flagged by gcc's + -fsanitize=undefined. + + The library no longer attempts to sort an empty array. + + (DER - 2019/06/18, HDFFV-10829) + Java Library: ---------------- - JNI native library dependencies diff --git a/src/H5Glink.c b/src/H5Glink.c index 82a2dcf..89f0266 100644 --- a/src/H5Glink.c +++ b/src/H5Glink.c @@ -402,15 +402,14 @@ done: /*------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * Function: H5G__link_sort_table + * Function: H5G__link_sort_table * * Purpose: Sort table containing a list of links for a group * - * Return: Success: Non-negative - * Failure: Negative + * Return: SUCCEED/FAIL * - * Programmer: Quincey Koziol - * Nov 20, 2006 + * Programmer: Quincey Koziol + * Nov 20, 2006 * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -423,6 +422,13 @@ H5G__link_sort_table(H5G_link_table_t *ltable, H5_index_t idx_type, /* Sanity check */ HDassert(ltable); + /* Can't sort when empty since the links table will be NULL */ + if(0 == ltable->nlinks) + return SUCCEED; + + /* This should never be NULL if the number of links is non-zero */ + HDassert(ltable->lnks); + /* Pick appropriate sorting routine */ if(idx_type == H5_INDEX_NAME) { if(order == H5_ITER_INC) |