commit a6033052d08027f745867e5e346852da1959226c Author: Florian Weimer Date: Tue Mar 29 11:27:32 2016 +0200 nss_db: Propagate ERANGE error if parse_line fails [BZ #19837] Reproducer (needs to run as root): perl -e \ 'print "large:x:999:" . join(",", map {"user$_"} (1 .. 135))."\n"' \ >> /etc/group cd /var/db make getent -s db group After the fix, the last command should list the "large" group. The magic number 135 has been chosen so that the line is shorter than 1024 bytes, but the pointers required to encode the member array will cross the threshold, triggering the bug. Index: b/nss/nss_db/db-XXX.c =================================================================== --- a/nss/nss_db/db-XXX.c +++ b/nss/nss_db/db-XXX.c @@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ CONCAT(_nss_db_get,ENTNAME_r) (struct ST } if (err < 0) { - H_ERRNO_SET (HOST_NOT_FOUND); - status = NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + H_ERRNO_SET (NETDB_INTERNAL); + status = NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN; break; }