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| -rw-r--r-- | source3/rpc_parse/parse_sec.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/source3/rpc_parse/parse_sec.c b/source3/rpc_parse/parse_sec.c index e5d3a6ce43..7cc4d054fa 100644 --- a/source3/rpc_parse/parse_sec.c +++ b/source3/rpc_parse/parse_sec.c @@ -135,7 +135,14 @@ SEC_ACL *make_sec_acl(TALLOC_CTX *ctx, uint16 revision, int num_aces, SEC_ACE *a dst->num_aces = num_aces; dst->size = 8; - if((dst->ace = (SEC_ACE *)talloc(ctx, sizeof(SEC_ACE) * num_aces )) == NULL) { + /* Now we need to return a non-NULL address for the ace list even + if the number of aces required is zero. This is because there + is a distinct difference between a NULL ace and an ace with zero + entries in it. This is achieved by always making the number of + bytes allocated by talloc() positive. Heh. */ + + if((dst->ace = (SEC_ACE *)talloc(ctx, sizeof(SEC_ACE) * num_aces + 1)) + == NULL) { return NULL; } |