Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <[email protected]> writes: >> That said, Nettle shouldn't do unbounded stack allocations in this case, >> it ought to use malloc, or abort or fail in some other *reliable* >> fashion. (I think having some documented limit on keysize would be >> acceptable, but I'm leaning towards saying that it's better to just use >> heap allcoation). >> Do you agree? > > Yes, that would be much better. Do you want me to send an updated patch?
That would be good. I think it makes sense to use gmp's allocation functions here, so the user can override allocation, without having to do it separately for nettle and gmp. See gmp-glue.c:gmp_alloc_limbs. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance. _______________________________________________ nettle-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lysator.liu.se/mailman/listinfo/nettle-bugs
