Bug#871649: lv2-dev: abuse of non portable pointer of uint8_t type

[James Cowgill]

Hi,

On 10/08/17 08:31, Joël Krähemann wrote:
> Package: lv2-dev
> Version: 1.14.0~dfsg1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> The following header makes use of smallest possible pointer in LV2_Event_Buffer struct's data field.
> 
> lv2/lv2plug.in/ns/ext/event/event.h
> 
> Please change it to biggest possible pointer. It should be definitely void* type because the memory
> pointed by data shall contain another struct LV2_Event.
> 
> This describes an integer overflow. There shouldn't be any overflow.

I'm afraid I don't see what the problem is here, or where the integer
overflow is. The data field is casted to an appropriate pointer type
whenever it is used and doing that is portable if you're careful.

Thanks,
James

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