[sleuthkit-developers] tsk_vs_part_read observation

[Stuart M. <st...@ap...>]

I am building against TSK 4.1 on Linux.

If I call tsk_vs_part_read with the 4th parameter, the 'a_len' larger 
than the partition's size in bytes, the call hangs/spins.  Of course it 
is easy to compute the maximum a_len that SHOULD be passed, thus:

a_len = a_vs_part->len * a_vs_part->vs->block_size - a_off

but I just wanted to point out what happens if that check is not done by 
the caller.

Regards

Stuart