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|    New Defects reported by Coverity Scan fo    |
|    31 Dec 25 13:45:24    |
   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   MSGID: 53847.syncprog@1:103/705 2dbb314e   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/8bb133aa7 Dec 30 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.34-Linux master/8bb133aa7 Dec 30 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: VERT   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
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   Hi,   
      
   Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to Synchronet found   
   with Coverity Scan.   
      
   1 new defect(s) introduced to Synchronet found with Coverity Scan.   
   4 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in the   
   recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.   
      
   New defect(s) Reported-by: Coverity Scan   
   Showing 1 of 1 defect(s)   
      
      
   ** CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   /writemsg.cpp: 463 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   /writemsg.cpp: 428 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   /writemsg.cpp: 440 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
      
      
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   ____________________________   
   *** CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   /writemsg.cpp: 463 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   457 while (p) {   
   458 if (*p == ',' || *p == ' ')   
   459 p++;   
   460 i = atoi(p);   
   461 if (!i)   
   462 break;   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be negative.   
   463 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   464 j = 1;   
   465 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream) && j < i) {   
   466 if (!fgets(tmp, sizeof(tmp), stream))   
   467 break;   
   468 j++; /* skip beginning */   
   /writemsg.cpp: 428 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   422 free(buf);   
   423 return false;   
   424 }   
   425 if (!i && linesquoted)   
   426 break;   
   427 if (!i || quote[0] == all_key()) { /* Quote all   
   */   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be negative.   
   428 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   429 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream)) {   
   430 if (!fgets(str, sizeof(str), stream))   
   431 break;   
   432 quotestr(str);   
   433 SAFEPRINTF2(tmp, quote_fmt, term->cols - 4, str);   
   /writemsg.cpp: 440 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   434 if (write(file, tmp, strlen(tmp)) > 0)   
   435 linesquoted++;   
   436 }   
   437 break;   
   438 }   
   439 if (quote[0] == list_key()) {   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be negative.   
   440 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   441 i = 1;   
   442 term->newline();   
   443 attr(LIGHTGRAY);   
   444 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream) && !msgabort()) {   
   445 if (!fgets(str, sizeof(str), stream))   
      
      
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   To view the defects in Coverity Scan visit, https://scan.coverit   
   .com/projects/synchronet?tab=overview   
      
      
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Defect Details          
   ** CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   /writemsg.cpp: 463 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   /writemsg.cpp: 428 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   /writemsg.cpp: 440 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
      
      
   ________________________________________________________________   
   ____________________________   
   *** CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   /writemsg.cpp: 463 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   457 while (p) {   
   458 if (*p == ',' || *p == ' ')   
   459 p++;   
   460 i = atoi(p);   
   461 if (!i)   
   462 break;   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be   
   negative.   
   463 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   464 j = 1;   
   465 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream) && j <   
   i) {   
   466 if (!fgets(tmp, sizeof(tmp), stream))   
   467 break;   
   468 j++; /* skip beginning */   
   /writemsg.cpp: 428 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   422 free(buf);   
   423 return false;   
   424 }   
   425 if (!i && linesquoted)   
   426 break;   
   427 if (!i || quote[0] == all_key()) { /* Quote all   
   */   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be   
   negative.   
   428 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   429 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream)) {   
   430 if (!fgets(str, sizeof(str), stream))   
   431 break;   
   432 quotestr(str);   
   433 SAFEPRINTF2(tmp, quote_fmt, term->cols - 4, str);   
   /writemsg.cpp: 440 in sbbs_t::writemsg(const char *, const char *,   
   char *, int, int, const char *, const char *, const char **, const char **)()   
   434 if (write(file, tmp, strlen(tmp)) > 0)   
   435 linesquoted++;   
   436 }   
   437 break;   
   438 }   
   439 if (quote[0] == list_key()) {   
   >>> CID 640333: (NEGATIVE_RETURNS)   
   >>> "l" is passed to a parameter that cannot be   
   negative.   
   440 fseek(stream, l, SEEK_SET);   
   441 i = 1;   
   442 term->newline();   
   443 attr(LIGHTGRAY);   
   444 while (!feof(stream) && !ferror(stream) &&   
   !msgabort()) {   
   445 if (!fgets(str, sizeof(str), stream))   
      
       
      
            View Defects in Coverity Scan                      Best regards,        The Coverity Scan Admin Team         |
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