commit 4f20a1dc5242fb4bb8763e0451df898fa48e740c Author: Martin Sebor Date: Tue Jan 25 17:39:36 2022 -0700 stdlib: Avoid -Wuse-after-free in __add_to_environ [BZ #26779] Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell diff --git a/stdlib/setenv.c b/stdlib/setenv.c index 893f081af6b5a21b..14fff422a2193864 100644 --- a/stdlib/setenv.c +++ b/stdlib/setenv.c @@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined, { char **new_environ; - /* We allocated this space; we can extend it. */ + /* We allocated this space; we can extend it. Avoid using the raw + reallocated pointer to avoid GCC -Wuse-after-free. */ + uintptr_t ip_last_environ = (uintptr_t)last_environ; new_environ = (char **) realloc (last_environ, (size + 2) * sizeof (char *)); if (new_environ == NULL) @@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined, return -1; } - if (__environ != last_environ) + if ((uintptr_t)__environ != ip_last_environ) memcpy ((char *) new_environ, (char *) __environ, size * sizeof (char *));