>Number:         3913
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       scandir(3) failes to set d_type
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people (Library Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 23 17:05:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Giles Lean
>Organization:

Giles Lean               <giles@nemeton.com.au>             +61 3 9480 2118
Nemeton Pty. Ltd.                                       fax +61 3 9480 1771
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>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD topaz.nemeton.com.au 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (TOPAZ.DISKLESS) #0: Sun Mar 23 23:48:25 EST 1997 giles@nemeton.com.au:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/TOPAZ.DISKLESS i386


>Description:
	Code that uses scandir(3) and relies on d_type is in for a shock.

	This bug is still in -current as of the date of the PR, but has
	been fixed in FreeBSD.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Access to d_type when using scandir() will access uninitialised
	memory.

	Found when using CTM on NetBSD.
>Fix:
*** src/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c-old	Thu Jul 24 09:51:58 1997
--- src/lib/libc/gen/scandir.c	Thu Jul 24 09:53:46 1997
***************
*** 111,116 ****
--- 111,117 ----
  			return(-1);
  		p->d_ino = d->d_ino;
  		p->d_reclen = d->d_reclen;
+ 		p->d_type = d->d_type;
  		p->d_namlen = d->d_namlen;
  		bcopy(d->d_name, p->d_name, p->d_namlen + 1);
  		/*
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