[libvirt] [PATCH] virrandom: Avoid undefined behaviour in virRandomBits

Daniel P. Berrangé berrange at redhat.com
Mon Aug 6 08:36:24 UTC 2018


On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 09:35:49AM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> If nbits is 64 (or greater) then shifting 1ULL left is undefined.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/util/virrandom.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/util/virrandom.c b/src/util/virrandom.c
> index 3c011a8615..7915f6531e 100644
> --- a/src/util/virrandom.c
> +++ b/src/util/virrandom.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ uint64_t virRandomBits(int nbits)
>          return 0;
>      }
>  
> -    ret &= (1ULL << nbits) - 1;
> +    if (nbits < 64)
> +        ret &= (1ULL << nbits) - 1;
> +
>      return ret;
>  }

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>

Regards,
Daniel
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