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XXXX all calloc() implementations should check overflow
@@ -205,15 +205,27 @@
void *
calloc(size_t num, size_t size)
{
void * mp;
+ size_t total;
- num *= size;
- if ((mp = malloc(num)) == NULL)
+ if (num == 0 || size == 0) {
+ total = 0;
+ } else {
+ total = num * size;
+
+ /* check for overflow */
+ if (total / num != size) {
+ errno = ENOMEM;
return (NULL);
- (void) memset(mp, 0, num);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ((mp = malloc(total)) == NULL)
+ return (NULL);
+ (void) memset(mp, 0, total);
return (mp);
}
void *
realloc(void *ptr, size_t size)