commit deea6ab1bcb2696be514e579f3263c234ecc1683 Author: Martin Sebor Date: Tue Jan 25 17:39:02 2022 -0700 io: Fix use-after-free in ftw [BZ #26779] Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell (cherry picked from commit ee52ab25ba875f458981fce22c54e3c04c7a17d3) diff --git a/io/ftw.c b/io/ftw.c index cf08d9f101657df0..91a4e8e6de151ca1 100644 --- a/io/ftw.c +++ b/io/ftw.c @@ -324,8 +324,9 @@ open_dir_stream (int *dfdp, struct ftw_data *data, struct dir_data *dirp) buf[actsize++] = '\0'; /* Shrink the buffer to what we actually need. */ - data->dirstreams[data->actdir]->content = realloc (buf, actsize); - if (data->dirstreams[data->actdir]->content == NULL) + void *content = realloc (buf, actsize); + data->dirstreams[data->actdir]->content = content; + if (content == NULL) { int save_err = errno; free (buf);