[BusyBox] Issue with strings (1.00-pre10)

[Ian Latter]

> Hi, i downloaded it and tested it.
> I see it now.
Cool.

> BTW did you notice that by doing
> strings -n 8 /README
> it works as expected.
> Seems to me that somehow the buffer that is malloced is bigger than
> 4+1=5 b
> at least 
> 8 b.
> How can this be?
> Are overlooking something?

Maybe.  I am happy enough with the patch; but there are two things
that still seem odd to me;

  - why is the xmalloc is for "n+1" (when we do an n-=1 two lines down)?
  - why does the error appear on every line, and not just the first?

Does xmalloc memset/bzero the malloc'd mem?  If not, then that is
likely your problem.


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Ian Latter
Internet and Networking Security Officer
Macquarie University