https://bugs.gentoo.org/968414 https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=bd528f923482223649aa84be7d131e69356149da From bd528f923482223649aa84be7d131e69356149da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 12:45:46 +0000 Subject: copy: fix possible infinite loop with SEEK_HOLE Commit v9.8-95-g4c0cf3864 intended to initialize ext_start to src_pos, as was described at: https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2025-11/msg00035.html However ipos was inadvertently used, which is only valid the first time through the loop. * src/copy-file-data.c (lseek_copy): Use scan_inference->hole_start only with the initial offset passed to lseek_copy(). * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Reported at https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/issues/159 --- src/copy-file-data.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/src/copy-file-data.c +++ b/src/copy-file-data.c @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ lseek_copy (int src_fd, int dest_fd, char **abuf, idx_t buf_size, for (off_t ext_start = scan_inference->ext_start; 0 <= ext_start && ext_start < max_ipos; ) { - off_t ext_end = (ext_start == ipos + off_t ext_end = (ext_start == src_pos ? scan_inference->hole_start : lseek (src_fd, ext_start, SEEK_HOLE)); if (0 <= ext_end) -- cgit v1.2.3