Subject: Re: libssh2_channel_write_ex returned more bytes than requested (buflen)

Re: libssh2_channel_write_ex returned more bytes than requested (buflen)

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:16:52 +0200 (CEST)

On Fri, 13 Sep 2013, Matt Nowick wrote:

> I encountered a problem recently that I don't understand.
> libssh2_channel_write_ex seems to have returned more bytes than the
> requested buflen. After this happened my program crashed, presumably
> because of a buffer overrun. Am I using this function correctly?

It looks correct to me so it may indicate a libssh2 bug. What libssh2 version
are you using on what platform?

Can you reproduce this problem with the latest libssh2 in a small stand-alone
program and give us the code? 

-- 
  / daniel.haxx.se
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Received on 2013-09-14