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-rw-r--r--libbb/u_signal_names.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/u_signal_names.c b/libbb/u_signal_names.c
index 43015b7a1..c741f81d7 100644
--- a/libbb/u_signal_names.c
+++ b/libbb/u_signal_names.c
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
#define KILL_MAX_SIG 32
-static const char signals[KILL_MAX_SIG][7] = {
+static const char signals[KILL_MAX_SIG][6] = {
// SUSv3 says kill must support these, and specifies the numerical values,
// http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/kill.html
- // TODO: "[SIG]EXIT" shouldn't work for kill, right?
// {0, "EXIT"}, {1, "HUP"}, {2, "INT"}, {3, "QUIT"},
// {6, "ABRT"}, {9, "KILL"}, {14, "ALRM"}, {15, "TERM"}
// And Posix adds the following:
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ static const char signals[KILL_MAX_SIG][7] = {
/* Believe it or not, but some arches have more than 32 SIGs!
* HPPA: SIGSTKFLT == 36. We don't include those. */
+
+/* NB: longest (6-char) names are NOT nul-terminated */
[0] = "EXIT",
#if defined SIGHUP && SIGHUP < KILL_MAX_SIG
[SIGHUP ] = "HUP",
@@ -132,8 +133,10 @@ int get_signum(const char *name)
return i;
if (strncasecmp(name, "SIG", 3) == 0)
name += 3;
+ if (strlen(name) > 6)
+ return -1;
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(signals); i++)
- if (strcasecmp(name, signals[i]) == 0)
+ if (strncasecmp(name, signals[i], 6) == 0)
return i;
#if ENABLE_DESKTOP && (defined(SIGIOT) || defined(SIGIO))