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Re: Potential for division by zero in file 'util.c' function TimeStop:
From: "Kaushal Bhandankar (kbhandan)" <kbhandan () cisco com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:22:55 +0000
Hi Bill, 60/60 should be evaluated to 1. I don’t see any problem with the code. Regards, Kaushal From: Bill Parker [mailto:wp02855 () gmail com] Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 10:23 PM To: snort-devel () lists sourceforge net; Ed Borgoyn (eborgoyn); Russ Combs (rucombs) Subject: [Snort-devel] Potential for division by zero in file 'util.c' function TimeStop: Hello All, In running Snort 2.9.8.0 Beta/RC through clang-analyzer, it returned a potential for a division by zero at lines 1071-1073 in file 'util.c', function 'TimeStop'. The issue could occur where mins is 1, hrs is 0, days = 0, and the value for total_secs is 60 and SECONDS_PER_MIN is 60, which 60/60 = 0, which would result in a division by zero error. if ( mins > 0 || hrs > 0 || days > 0 ) { uint64_t n = (pc.total_from_daq / (total_secs / SECONDS_PER_MIN)); I know this is unlikely to occur, as snort would have to be started and stopped in exactly 60 seconds, but perhaps it should be written as this: if ( mins > 0 || hrs > 0 || days > 0 ) { if (total_secs != SECONDS_PER_MIN) { uint64_t n = (pc.total_from_daq / (total_secs / SECONDS_PER_MIN)); } else /* total_secs and SECONDS_PER_MIN are 60 */ { uint64_t n = (pc.total_from_daq / SECONDS_PER_MIN); } } This would elininate the potential for the division by zero occuring at all, would it not? The same issue could occur in TimeStop where total_secs is equal to SECONDS_PER_HOUR at lines 1065-1069, and where total_secs is equal to SECONDS_PER_DAY at lines 1059-1063. Bill
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- Potential for division by zero in file 'util.c' function TimeStop: Bill Parker (Oct 12)
- Re: Potential for division by zero in file 'util.c' function TimeStop: Kaushal Bhandankar (kbhandan) (Oct 15)