From: Paul Eggert Subject: diff: fix allocation typo leading to crashes Date: Fri Feb 28 22:53:28 2025 -0800 Git-repo: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/diffutils.git Git-commit: e9f8e6a439fd607adbdd846ab93267dc367b5c79 References: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=77265 Signed-off-by: Tony Jones diff: fix allocation typo leading to crashes But reported by Nick Smallbone, with one-line fix by Collin Funk . * src/io.c (find_and_hash_each_line): Fix size computation. diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c index a62c529..eba4aba 100644 --- a/src/io.c +++ b/src/io.c @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ find_and_hash_each_line (struct file_data *current) linbuf += linbuf_base; linbuf = xpalloc (linbuf, &n, 1, -1, sizeof *linbuf); linbuf -= linbuf_base; - alloc_lines = n - linbuf_base; + alloc_lines = linbuf_base + n; } linbuf[line] = p;