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Subject: [Bug libc/11571] getlogin_r (NULL, 0) segfaults
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------- Additional Comments From rjones at redhat dot com  2010-05-05 16:03 -------
Note the problem is the zero length, not the
NULL pointer.  For example this also segfaults:

#include <unistd.h>

main ()
{
  char buffer[10000];
  getlogin_r (buffer, 0);
}


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