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** CID 651667: (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/main.cpp: 2844 in output_thread(void *)()
/main.cpp: 2806 in output_thread(void *)()


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*** CID 651667: (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/main.cpp: 2844 in output_thread(void *)()
2838 int result = mqtt_pub_message(&mqtt, TOPIC_BBS, spy_topic, buf + bufbot, i, /* retain: */ false);
2839 if (result != MQTT_SUCCESS)
2840 lprintf(LOG_WARNING, "%s ERROR %d (%d) publishing node output (%u bytes): %s"
2841 , node, result, errno, i, spy_topic);
2842 }
2843 if (spy_socket[sbbs->cfg.node_num - 1] != INVALID_SOCKET)

CID 651667: (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
"i", which might have underflowed, is passed to "send(spy_socket[sbbs->cfg.node_num - 1], (char *)buf + bufbot, i, 0)".

2844 if (sendsocket(spy_socket[sbbs->cfg.node_num - 1], (char*)buf + bufbot, i) != i && SOCKET_ERRNO != EPIPE)
2845 errprintf(LOG_ERR, WHERE, "%s ERROR %d writing to spy socket", node, SOCKET_ERRNO);
2846 #ifdef __unix__
2847 if (uspy_socket[sbbs->cfg.node_num - 1] != INVALID_SOCKET)
2848 if (sendsocket(uspy_socket[sbbs->cfg.node_num - 1], (char*)buf + bufbot, i) != i)
2849 errprintf(LOG_ERR, WHERE, "%s ERROR %d writing to UNIX spy socket", node, SOCKET_ERRNO);
/main.cpp: 2806 in output_thread(void *)()
2800 }
2801 }
2802 pthread_mutex_unlock(&sbbs->ssh_mutex);
2803 }
2804 else
2805 #endif

CID 651667: (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
"sendbytes", which might have underflowed, is passed to "send(sbbs->client_socket.operator std::__atomic_base<int>::__int_type(), (char *)buf + bufbot, sendbytes, 0)".

2806 i = sendsocket(sbbs->client_socket, (char*)buf + bufbot, sendbytes);
2807 if (i == SOCKET_ERROR) {
2808 SOCKET sock = sbbs->client_socket.load();
2809 if (SOCKET_ERRNO == ENOTSOCK)
2810 lprintf(LOG_NOTICE, "%04d %s [%s] client socket closed on send", sock, sbbs->client.protocol, sbbs->client_ipaddr);
2811 else if (SOCKET_ERRNO == ECONNRESET)


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** CID 651709: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/useredit.cpp: 108 in sbbs_t::useredit(int)()


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*** CID 651709: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/useredit.cpp: 108 in sbbs_t::useredit(int)()
102 if (user.comment[0] || i)
103 bprintf(text[UeditCommentLine], i ? '+' : ' ' 104 , user.comment);
105 else
106 term->newline();
107 if (localtime32(&user.laston, &tm) == NULL)

CID 651709: Resource leaks (RESOURCE_LEAK)
Variable "find_expr" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to. 108 return;

109 bprintf(text[UserDates]
110 , datestr(user.firston, str), datestr(user.expire, tmp)
111 , datestr(user.laston, tmp2), tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min);
112
113 bprintf(text[UserTimes]


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** CID 652885: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/useredit.cpp: 167 in sbbs_t::useredit(int)()


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*** CID 652885: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW) /useredit.cpp: 167 in sbbs_t::useredit(int)()
161 bprintf(text[UeditPrompt], user.number, l);
162 SAFEPRINTF4(str, "QG[]?/{}()%c%c%c%c", TERM_KEY_LEFT, TERM_KEY_RIGHT, TERM_KEY_HOME, TERM_KEY_END);
163 if (user.level <= useron.level)
164 SAFECAT(str, "ABCDEFHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWXYZ+~*$#"); 165 l = getkeys(str, l, K_UPPER | K_NOCRLF);
166 if (l & 0x80000000L) {

CID 652885: Integer handling issues (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
Expression "user.number", where "l & 0xffffffff7fffffffL" is known to be equal to -2147483649, overflows the type of "user.number", which is type "int".

167 user.number = l & ~0x80000000L;
168 continue;
169 }
170 if (IS_ALPHA(l) || strchr("~+*$/", l) != NULL) // non-alpha commands that prompt
171 term->newline();
172 switch (l) {


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** CID 653403: Insecure data handling (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/userdat.c: 214 in total_users()


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*** CID 653403: Insecure data handling (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
/userdat.c: 214 in total_users()
208 lock is a synchronous round-trip that dominates the cost of this scan
209 when the data directory is network-mounted, and no amount of locking
210 makes the result more current than the snapshot it already is. */
211 do {
212 got = 0;
213 while (got < bufsize) {

CID 653403: Insecure data handling (INTEGER_OVERFLOW)
"64000UL - got", which might have underflowed, is passed to "read(file, buf + got, 64000UL - got)".

214 ssize_t rd = read(file, buf + got, bufsize - got);
215 if (rd <= 0)
216 break;
217 got += (size_t)rd;
218 }
219 for (size_t offset = 0; offset + USER_RECORD_LINE_LEN <= got; offset += USER_RECORD_LINE_LEN) {


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** CID 654570: (CHECKED_RETURN)
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 1223 in sbbs_t::xtrndat(const char *, const char *, unsigned char, unsigned int, unsigned int)()
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 1213 in sbbs_t::xtrndat(const char *, const char *, unsigned char, unsigned int, unsigned int)()


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*** CID 654570: (CHECKED_RETURN)
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 1223 in sbbs_t::xtrndat(const char *, const char *, unsigned char, unsigned int, unsigned int)()
1217 int chmod_result = CHMOD(str, _S_IREAD);
1218 #else
1219 int chmod_result = CHMOD(str, S_IRUSR);
1220 #endif
1221 if (chmod_result != 0) {
1222 errormsg(WHERE, ERR_WRITE, str, errno);

CID 654570: (CHECKED_RETURN)
Calling "remove(str)" without checking return value. This library function may fail and return an error code.

1223 remove(str);
1224 return false;
1225 }
1226 }
1227
1228 else if (type)
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 1213 in sbbs_t::xtrndat(const char *, const char *, unsigned char, unsigned int, unsigned int)()
1207 }
1208 bool write_ok = bbsdev_write(fp, lines, sizeof(lines) / sizeof(lines[0]));
1209 if (fclose(fp) != 0)
1210 write_ok = false;
1211 if (!write_ok) {
1212 errormsg(WHERE, ERR_WRITE, str, 0);

CID 654570: (CHECKED_RETURN)
Calling "remove(str)" without checking return value. This library function may fail and return an error code.

1213 remove(str);
1214 return false;
1215 }
1216 #if defined(_WIN32)
1217 int chmod_result = CHMOD(str, _S_IREAD);
1218 #else

** CID 654569: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN)
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 101 in bbsdev_language_tag_valid(const char *)()


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*** CID 654569: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN)
/xtrn_sec.cpp: 101 in bbsdev_language_tag_valid(const char *)()
95 || (lengths[at] == 4 && isdigit((unsigned char)parts[at][0])
96 && bbsdev_subtag_chars(parts[at] + 1, 3, isalnum))))
97 at++;
98 while (at < count && lengths[at] == 1
99 && tolower((unsigned char)parts[at][0]) != 'x') {
100 at++;

CID 654569: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN)
Overrunning array "lengths" of 32 8-byte elements at element index 32 (byte offset 263) using index "at" (which evaluates to 32).

101 if (at == count || lengths[at] < 2)
102 return false;
103 while (at < count && lengths[at] >= 2)
104 at++;
105 }
106 if (at < count && lengths[at] == 1 && tolower((unsigned char)parts[at][0]) == 'x')

** CID 654568: (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/xtrn.cpp: 1925 in sbbs_t::external(const char *, int, const char *, const char *)()
/xtrn.cpp: 1925 in sbbs_t::external(const char *, int, const char *, const char *)()


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*** CID 654568: (RESOURCE_LEAK)
/xtrn.cpp: 1925 in sbbs_t::external(const char *, int, const char *, const char *)()
1919 dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
1920 if (!(mode & EX_NOLOG))
1921 dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
1922 if (fd > 2)
1923 close(fd);
1924 }

CID 654568: (RESOURCE_LEAK)
Handle variable "fd" going out of scope leaks the handle.

1925 }
1926
1927 if (mode & EX_BG) /* background execution, detach child */
1928 {
1929 if (daemon(TRUE, FALSE) != 0)
1930 lprintf(LOG_ERR, "!ERROR %d (%s) daemonizing: %s", errno, strerror(errno), argv[0]);
/xtrn.cpp: 1925 in sbbs_t::external(const char *, int, const char *, const char *)()
1919 dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
1920 if (!(mode & EX_NOLOG))
1921 dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
1922 if (fd > 2)
1923 close(fd);
1924 }

CID 654568: (RESOURCE_LEAK)
Handle variable "fd" going out of scope leaks the handle.

1925 }
1926
1927 if (mode & EX_BG) /* background execution, detach child */
1928 {
1929 if (daemon(TRUE, FALSE) != 0)
1930 lprintf(LOG_ERR, "!ERROR %d (%s) daemonizing: %s", errno, strerror(errno), argv[0]);


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** CID 655740: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Sep-07-2026/src/conio/sdl_con.c: 501 in sdl_init()


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*** CID 655740: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) /tmp/sbbs-Sep-07-2026/src/conio/sdl_con.c: 501 in sdl_init()
495 _beginthread(sdl_video_event_thread, 0, NULL);
496 #endif
497 sdl_user_func_ret(SDL_USEREVENT_INIT);
498 sdl_init_mode(ciolib_initial_mode);
499
500 if(sdl_init_good) {

CID 655740: Concurrent data access violations (MISSING_LOCK) >>> Accessing "fullscreen" without holding lock "win_mutex". Elsewhere, "fullscreen" is written to with "win_mutex" held 3 out of 3 times (3 of these accesses strongly imply that it is necessary).

501 cio_api.mode=fullscreen?CIOLIB_MODE_SDL_FULLSCREEN:CIOLIB_MODE_SDL;
502 #ifdef _WIN32
503 FreeConsole();
504 #endif
505 cio_api.options |= CONIO_OPT_PALETTE_SETTING | CONIO_OPT_SET_TITLE | CONIO_OPT_SET_NAME | CONIO_OPT_SET_ICON | CONIO_OPT_EXTERNAL_SCALING | CONIO_OPT_KEY_EVENTS;
506 return(0);

** CID 655739: (ATOMICITY)
/main.cpp: 2782 in output_thread(void *)()
/main.cpp: 2764 in output_thread(void *)()


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*** CID 655739: (ATOMICITY)
/main.cpp: 2782 in output_thread(void *)()
2776 /* Handle the SSH error here. The lprintf inside GCESSTR
2777 * runs while ssh_mutex is held; releasing+reacquiring it
2778 * across the error report would make the error-handling
2779 * sequence racy (ssh_errors++, online=FALSE) and is the
2780 * wrong tradeoff for a fast log write. */
2781 // coverity[SLEEP:SUPPRESS]

CID 655739: (ATOMICITY)
Using an unreliable value of "GCES_level" inside the second locked section. If the data that "GCES_level" depends on was changed by another thread, this use might be incorrect.

2782 GCESSTR(err, node, sbbs->ssh_session, "pushing data");
2783 sbbs->online = false; 2784 sendbytes = buftop - bufbot;
2785 i = sendbytes; // Pretend we sent it all
2786 }
2787 else {
/main.cpp: 2764 in output_thread(void *)()
2758 }
2759 if (sbbs->session_channel == -1) {
2760 i = sendbytes; // Pretend we sent it all
2761 }
2762 else {
2763 if (cryptStatusError((err = cryptSetAttribute(sbbs->ssh_session, CRYPT_SESSINFO_SSH_CHANNEL, sbbs->session_channel)))) {

CID 655739: (ATOMICITY)
Using an unreliable value of "GCES_level" inside the second locked section. If the data that "GCES_level" depends on was changed by another thread, this use might be incorrect.

2764 GCESSTR(err, node, sbbs->ssh_session, "setting channel");
2765 sbbs->online = false;
2766 i = sendbytes; // Pretend we sent it all
2767 }
2768 else {
2769 /*


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** CID 656168: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
/main.cpp: 4542 in update_client_ini(sbbs_t *, const long *)()


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*** CID 656168: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
/main.cpp: 4542 in update_client_ini(sbbs_t *, const long *)()
4536 iniCloseFile(fp);
4537 return;
4538 }
4539 iniSetUInteger(&ini, ROOT_SECTION, "user", (uint)sbbs->useron.number, NULL);
4540 iniSetString(&ini, ROOT_SECTION, "name", sbbs->useron.alias, NULL);
4541 if (done != NULL)

CID 656168: High impact quality (Y2K38_SAFETY)
A "time_t" value is stored in an integer with too few bits to accommodate it. The expression "*done" is cast to "uint".

4542 iniSetUInteger(&ini, ROOT_SECTION, "done", (uint)*done, NULL);
4543 iniWriteFile(fp, ini);
4544 iniCloseFile(fp);
4545 iniFreeStringList(ini);
4546 }
4547


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