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Bug 554141 - uninitialized data use/free in gtkclipboard-quartz.c
uninitialized data use/free in gtkclipboard-quartz.c
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Backend: Quartz
unspecified
Other Mac OS
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtk-quartz maintainers
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-09-28 08:16 UTC by Jon A. Cruz
Modified: 2008-09-29 10:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
Patch to avoid uninitialized pointer free (485 bytes, patch)
2008-09-28 08:19 UTC, Jon A. Cruz 		accepted-commit_now Details | Review

Description Jon A. Cruz 2008-09-28 08:16:53 UTC 
selection_data in gtkclipboard-quartz.c is not cleared when allocated, and results in warnings from freeing random data on OS X 10.4.
Comment 1 Jon A. Cruz 2008-09-28 08:19:21 UTC 
Created attachment 119516 [details] [review]
Patch to avoid uninitialized pointer free

clears members to avoid problems with freeing random values.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2008-09-28 18:37:59 UTC 
Looks fine, please commit.
Comment 3 Richard Hult 2008-09-29 10:52:31 UTC 
Thanks Jon, I've committed to trunk and 2.14 branch.