[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015392]: [patch] 1.6.1.1: Memory handling error in main/pbx.c (pbx_extension_helper)

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A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15392 
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Reported By:                yrashk
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15392
Category:                   PBX/General
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Asterisk Version:           1.6.1.1 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-06-24 19:25 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-07-30 18:10 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] 1.6.1.1: Memory handling error in main/pbx.c
(pbx_extension_helper)
Description: 
Due to Solaris x64 specifics, it won't accept NULLs as string. I think
Asterisk had similar problems before, and apparently it is still doing this
in some places. I found one of them today, since it was blocking asterisk
to start.

Basically, asterisk was segfaulting on every start, on the strlen()
routine.

Attached you can find gdb analysis on a core dumped and a patch that
solves this problem
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Relationships       ID      Summary
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related to          0015505 Asterisk crashing in cmd voicemail
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 (0108421) snuffy (manager) - 2009-07-30 18:10
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15392#c108421 
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I'm not saying that this proposed fix cannot go in, my note was more in
passing.

I have no issue with making a null string of context, i'd be interested to
know under what circumstances you can call something like
pbx_extension_helper with a NULL context 

Issue History 
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2009-07-30 18:10 snuffy         Note Added: 0108421                          
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