- cross-posted to:
- programming@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- programming@programming.dev
Highlights:
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More work on C2X features.
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The strlcpy and strlcat functions have been added. They are derived from OpenBSD, and are expected to be added to a future POSIX version.
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Support for x86_64 running on Hurd has been added.
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CVE-2023-25139: When the printf family of functions is called with a format specifier that uses an (enable grouping) and a minimum width specifier, the resulting output could be larger than reasonably expected by a caller that computed a tight bound on the buffer size. The resulting larger than expected output could result in a buffer overflow in the printf family of functions.
Man, I keep hearing about “more progress” on GNU Hurd, yet nothing tangible.