[BusyBox 0001220]: 'busybox dpkg -i' with no other arguments segfaults

Thu Feb 15 10:20:15 PST 2007

A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1220 
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Reported By:                kiltedknight
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1220
Category:                   Documentation
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             02-15-2007 09:58 PST
Last Modified:              02-15-2007 10:20 PST
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Summary:                    'busybox dpkg -i' with no other arguments segfaults
Description: 
run the command "busybox dpkg -i" and provide no other arguments; the
program will give a segmentation fault and core dump.
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 kiltedknight - 02-15-07 09:59  
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The pointer, deb_file, is never initialized beyond the NULL assignment if
there are no arguments provided. 

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 kiltedknight - 02-15-07 10:20  
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Added a revised patch that does it more cleanly and prints out an error
message. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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02-15-07 09:58  kiltedknight   New Issue                                    
02-15-07 09:58  kiltedknight   Status                   new => assigned     
02-15-07 09:58  kiltedknight   Assigned To               => BusyBox         
02-15-07 09:58  kiltedknight   File Added: busybox-vendor-fix-dpkg.diff         

02-15-07 09:59  kiltedknight   Note Added: 0002167                          
02-15-07 10:00  kiltedknight   Issue Monitored: kiltedknight                    
02-15-07 10:19  kiltedknight   File Added: busybox-vendor-fix-dpkg-revised.diff 

02-15-07 10:20  kiltedknight   Note Added: 0002168                          
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