gentoo-overlay/net-analyzer/tcpdump/files/tcpdump-4.6.2-CVE-2014-9140.patch

--- a/print-ppp.c
+++ b/print-ppp.c
@@ -1351,14 +1351,15 @@ static void
 ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
          const u_char *p, int length)
 {
-	u_char *b, *s, *t, c;
+	u_char *b, *t, c;
+	const u_char *s;
 	int i, proto;
 	const void *se;
 
         if (length <= 0)
                 return;
 
-	b = (uint8_t *)malloc(length);
+	b = (u_char *)malloc(length);
 	if (b == NULL)
 		return;
 
@@ -1367,14 +1368,13 @@ ppp_hdlc(netdissect_options *ndo,
 	 * Do this so that we dont overwrite the original packet
 	 * contents.
 	 */
-	for (s = (u_char *)p, t = b, i = length; i > 0; i--) {
+	for (s = p, t = b, i = length; i > 0 && ND_TTEST(*s); i--) {
 		c = *s++;
 		if (c == 0x7d) {
-			if (i > 1) {
-				i--;
-				c = *s++ ^ 0x20;
-			} else
-				continue;
+			if (i <= 1 || !ND_TTEST(*s))
+				break;
+			i--;
+			c = *s++ ^ 0x20;
 		}
 		*t++ = c;
 	}