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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--locale/loadlocale.c5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fbc1fbbdf1..a3f71f9c8c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 1998-05-29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
+	* locale/loadlocale.c (_nl_load_locale): Don't allow too small
+	files crash the program.
+
 	* io/Makefile: Don't run ftwtest-sh if cross-compiling.
-	* string/Makefile: Don't run test on tst/svc.out if
-	cross-compiling.
+	* string/Makefile: Don't run test on tst-svc.out if cross-compiling.
 	Reported by Deborah Wallach <kerr@pa.dec.com>.
 
 1998-05-28 00:53  Zack Weinberg  <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>
diff --git a/locale/loadlocale.c b/locale/loadlocale.c
index 3ac161eb3a..d856063d52 100644
--- a/locale/loadlocale.c
+++ b/locale/loadlocale.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Functions to read locale data files.
-   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, 1996.
 
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ _nl_load_locale (struct loaded_l10nfile *file, int category)
       else
 	goto puntfd;
     }
+  else if (st.st_size < sizeof (*filedata))
+    /* This cannot be a locale data file since it's too small.  */
+    goto puntfd;
 
   if (filedata->magic == LIMAGIC (category))
     /* Good data file in our byte order.  */