When the pointer 'from' changes, it's stored length needs to change as

well.

Notified by Frank Kardel <kardel@acm.org> in PR 879.

diff --git a/crypto/conf/conf_def.c b/crypto/conf/conf_def.c
index adc28eebff130e08baa32a410554c6562828192c..aba2c9fd8495a3d93cab9ec89ac658e12c5b4a1a 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/conf/conf_def.c
+++ b/crypto/conf/conf_def.c
@@ -599,6 +599,11 @@ static int str_copy(CONF *conf, char *section, char **pto, char *from)
                        BUF_MEM_grow(buf,(strlen(p)+len-(e-from)));
                        while (*p)
                                buf->data[to++]= *(p++);
+
+                       /* Since we change the pointer 'from', we also have
+                          to change the perceived length of the string it
+                          points at.  /RL */
+                       len -= e-from;
                        from=e;
                        }
                else