Bug#488457: unchecked malloc return value

[Kees Cook]

Package: framewave
Version: 1.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Usertags: origin-ubuntu intrepid ubuntu-patch

Hello!  This is a patch for an unchecked memory allocation, discovered
when compiling with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2.

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook                                            @outflux.net

diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' framewave-1.1/Framewave/domain/fwBase/src/system.cpp framewave-1.1.new/Framewave/domain/fwBase/src/system.cpp
--- framewave-1.1/Framewave/domain/fwBase/src/system.cpp	2008-05-16 02:35:49.000000000 -0700
+++ framewave-1.1.new/Framewave/domain/fwBase/src/system.cpp	2008-06-28 18:23:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         void *AlignedMalloc ( size_t length )
         {
             void *memptr;
-            posix_memalign ( &memptr, 32, length );
+            if (posix_memalign ( &memptr, 32, length ) != 0) memptr = NULL;
             return memptr;
         }
     #endif