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Diffstat (limited to 'e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c index 73d393d20..a363b1992 100644 --- a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c +++ b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs_inline.c @@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_resize_mem(unsigned long EXT2FS_ATTR((unused)) old_size, unsigned long size, void *ptr) { void *p; - void **pp = (void **)ptr; - p = realloc(*pp, size); + /* Use "memcpy" for pointer assignments here to avoid problems + * with C99 strict type aliasing rules. */ + memcpy(&p, ptr, sizeof (p)); + p = realloc(p, size); if (!p) return EXT2_ET_NO_MEMORY; - *pp = p; + memcpy(ptr, &p, sizeof (p)); return 0; } |