gss_krb5_ccache_name can return pointer to freed memory

Sam Hartman hartmans at MIT.EDU
Mon Jan 13 13:16:01 EST 2003


>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Cox <cox-work at djehuti.com> writes:

    Ben> On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 23:22, Sam Hartman wrote:
    >> I think if we allocate the memory we need a free function.

    Ben> This would just be a shim around free(3), wouldn't it?  No
    Ben> need for anything any more complex, unless I misunderstand
    Ben> something.

Correct, but you do at least need this to make sure you get the right
free if the application and library are using different malloc
implementations.




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