On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 10:28:13AM -0400, Chris Ross wrote:
> Is it really a bug in sudo if the non-optimized code works, but the
> optimized code causes a crash?
Yes, without optimization the total data layout may differ.
The code plays tricks with homegrown allocation, packing together various
structs and strings in a single allocation, i.e. a few lines before
the code you cited:
cp = (char *) item + sizeof(struct cache_item);
newpw = (struct passwd *) cp;
(though unless strange optimization options are in place this should not
cause misalignement at first glance)
Martin