Re: 5.51 - NSE assertion - timeout_msecs

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 04:04:15PM +0200, Vlatko Kosturjak wrote:
> Hello!
>
> It seems I stumbled upon another NSE assertion similar to negative 
> socket timeout which is fixed in 5.51. Last Nmap lines:
>
> NSE Timing: About 84.64% done; ETC: 14:50 (0:01:02 remaining)
> nmap: nsock_event.c:375: msevent_new: Assertion `timeout_msecs >= 0' failed.
> Aborted
> #
>
> Will try to repeat it with debug flags. But from my experience with the socket
> timeout, probably I will not hit it again...

I checked but it's not obvious to me how it may happen. There's a
negative check in nmap.set_timeout, and I don't think there's another
way to change the timeout that gets passed to msevent_new. If you manage
to get a stack trace I think we can solve it.

David Fifield
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