[Jack-Devel] segfault in libjack from incorrect regex in jack_get_ports()

Neil C Smith neilcsmith.net at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 19 22:43:57 CET 2019


On Sat, 16 Feb 2019, 18:33 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings at stackingdwarves.net
wrote:

> It turns out that the return value of regcomp is not checked by libjack.
> That's the last point where a segfault can be prevented from a simple
> syntax error.
>

Ah, yes, that one! :-) Remember working around this in the Java bindings
almost a decade ago by using Java's own regex support. Be great to see this
fixed.

Best wishes,

Neil

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