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    mpi: Avoid using freed pointer in mpi_lshift_limbs() · 09c79b60
    Jesper Juhl authored
    At the start of the function we assign 'a->d' to 'ap'. Then we use the
    RESIZE_IF_NEEDED macro on 'a' - this may free 'a->d' and replace it
    with newly allocaetd storage. In that case, we'll be operating on
    freed memory further down in the function when we index into 'ap[]'.
    Since we don't actually need 'ap' until after the use of the
    RESIZE_IF_NEEDED macro we can just delay the assignment to it until
    after we've potentially resized, thus avoiding the issue.
    
    While I was there anyway I also changed the integer variable 'n' to be
    const. It might as well be since we only assign to it once and use it
    as a constant, and then the compiler will tell us if we ever assign to
    it in the future.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
    Acked-by: default avatarDmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
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