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Status for libxml-parser-perl/2.47-2

Patch Description Author Forwarded Bugs Origin Last update
Fix-buffer-overflow-in-parse_stream-when-filehandle-.patch Fix buffer overflow in parse_stream when filehandle has :utf8 layer
When a filehandle has a :utf8 PerlIO layer, Perl's read() returns
decoded characters, but SvPV() gives back the UTF-8 byte
representation which can be larger than the pre-allocated XML buffer.
Previously this caused heap corruption (double free / buffer overflow),
and a later workaround (BUFSIZE * 6 + croak) prevented the corruption
but still crashed.

Fix by re-obtaining the expat buffer at the actual byte size when the
read produces more bytes than initially allocated. This handles UTF-8
streams gracefully without wasting memory on an oversized buffer.

Fixes https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/issues/64
(migrated from rt.cpan.org #19859)		 Toddr Bot <toddbot@rinaldo.us> no https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/5361c2b7f48599718cdecbe50c5fdd88b28ffd79 2026-03-16
fix-off-by-one-heap-buffer-overflow-in-st_serial_sta.patch fix: off-by-one heap buffer overflow in st_serial_stack growth check
When st_serial_stackptr == st_serial_stacksize - 1, the old check
(stackptr >= stacksize) would not trigger reallocation. The subsequent
++stackptr then writes at index stacksize, one element past the
allocated buffer.

Fix by checking stackptr + 1 >= stacksize so the buffer is grown
before the pre-increment write.

Add a deep nesting test (600 levels) to exercise this code path.

Fixes #39		 Toddr Bot <toddbot@rinaldo.us> yes debian upstream https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-Parser/commit/08dd37c35ec5e64e26aacb8514437f54708f7fd1 2026-03-16

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