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-rw-r--r--libbb/xconnect.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/xconnect.c b/libbb/xconnect.c
index b3619fd0e..10ba9477c 100644
--- a/libbb/xconnect.c
+++ b/libbb/xconnect.c
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@ unsigned short bb_lookup_port(const char *port, unsigned short default_port)
{
unsigned short port_nr = htons(default_port);
if (port) {
- char *endptr;
- long port_long = strtol(port, &endptr, 10);
+ char *endptr;
+ int old_errno;
+ long port_long;
+ /* Since this is a lib function, we're not allowed to reset errno to 0.
+ * Doing so could break an app that is deferring checking of errno. */
+ old_errno = errno;
+ errno = 0;
+ port_long = strtol(port, &endptr, 10);
if (errno != 0 || *endptr!='\0' || endptr==port || port_long < 0 || port_long > 65535) {
struct servent *tserv = getservbyname(port, "tcp");
if (tserv) {
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ unsigned short bb_lookup_port(const char *port, unsigned short default_port)
} else {
port_nr = htons(port_long);
}
+ errno = old_errno;
}
return port_nr;
}