From a2251afaffd032b164031b0e3da422f525838cf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 06:45:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Throw a BoundsError if a length parameter in a
 tvbuff-accessor is < -1.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=4474
---
 epan/tvbuff.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/epan/tvbuff.c b/epan/tvbuff.c
index 549a6c90aa..d24643e243 100644
--- a/epan/tvbuff.c
+++ b/epan/tvbuff.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 		the data of a backing tvbuff, or can be a composite of
  * 		other tvbuffs.
  *
- * $Id: tvbuff.c,v 1.26 2001/11/20 22:46:12 guy Exp $
+ * $Id: tvbuff.c,v 1.27 2002/01/04 06:45:14 gram Exp $
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000 by Gilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu>
  *
@@ -407,8 +407,10 @@ compute_offset_length(tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint length,
 	}
 
 	/* Compute the length */
-	g_assert(length >= -1);
-	if (length == -1) {
+	if (length < -1) {
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	else if (length == -1) {
 		*length_ptr = tvb->length - *offset_ptr;
 	}
 	else {
@@ -457,6 +459,10 @@ check_offset_length(tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint length,
 {
 	int exception = 0;
 
+	if (length < -1) {
+		THROW(BoundsError);
+	}
+
 	if (!check_offset_length_no_exception(tvb, offset, length, offset_ptr, length_ptr, &exception)) {
 		g_assert(exception > 0);
 		THROW(exception);