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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c b/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
index 25af8bd413..c9189194dd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
@@ -75,11 +75,16 @@ __libc_message (enum __libc_message_action action, const char *fmt, ...)
   FATAL_PREPARE;
 #endif
 
-  /* Open a descriptor for /dev/tty unless the user explicitly
-     requests errors on standard error.  */
-  const char *on_2 = __libc_secure_getenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_");
-  if (on_2 == NULL || *on_2 == '\0')
-    fd = open_not_cancel_2 (_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+  /* Don't call __libc_secure_getenv if we aren't doing backtrace, which
+     may access the corrupted stack.  */
+  if ((action & do_backtrace))
+    {
+      /* Open a descriptor for /dev/tty unless the user explicitly
+	 requests errors on standard error.  */
+      const char *on_2 = __libc_secure_getenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_");
+      if (on_2 == NULL || *on_2 == '\0')
+	fd = open_not_cancel_2 (_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+    }
 
   if (fd == -1)
     fd = STDERR_FILENO;