This patch fixes a violation of the C aliasing rules that can cause
miscompilation with some compiler versions.
--- openssl-0.9.8b/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c.orig 2006-10-30 18:21:35.000000000 +0100
+++ openssl-0.9.8b/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.c 2006-10-30 18:21:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static void *dlfcn_bind_var(DSO *dso, co
static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dlfcn_bind_func(DSO *dso, const char *symname)
{
void *ptr;
- DSO_FUNC_TYPE sym, *tsym = &sym;
+ DSO_FUNC_TYPE sym;
if((dso == NULL) || (symname == NULL))
{
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static DSO_FUNC_TYPE dlfcn_bind_func(DSO
DSOerr(DSO_F_DLFCN_BIND_FUNC,DSO_R_NULL_HANDLE);
return(NULL);
}
- *(void **)(tsym) = dlsym(ptr, symname);
+ sym = dlsym(ptr, symname);
if(sym == NULL)
{
DSOerr(DSO_F_DLFCN_BIND_FUNC,DSO_R_SYM_FAILURE);