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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   
   FORMAT: flowed   
      
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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 **)()   
      
      
   ________________________________________________________________   
   ____________________________   
   *** 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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     New Defects Reported - Synchronet   
        
      
      
     

Hi,

              

        Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to       Synchronet        found with Coverity Scan.       

              
           
  • New Defects Found: 1
  •        
  •         4 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in       the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan.       
  •        
  • Defects Shown: Showing 1 of 1 defect(s)
  •        
              

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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