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Re: Why does close_stdout close stdout and stderr?


From: Bernhard Voelker
Subject: Re: Why does close_stdout close stdout and stderr?
Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 21:14:22 +0200
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On 5/6/19 5:47 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Bernhard Voelker:
>> What is the problem?  I mean if it is use-after-free as mentioned in
>> the first mail, then write() after fflush() without error checking via
>> another fflush() is in the same category, isn't it?
> 
> No, there is no memory corruption involved because stdout and stderr
> remain valid.

IMO that's easier to detect than a write() without a following error
checking; the consequences may also be quite fatal for the user.

Have a nice day,
Berny



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