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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c b/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
index 25af8bd413..c9189194dd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c
@@ -75,11 +75,16 @@ __libc_message (enum __libc_message_action action, const char *fmt, ...)
FATAL_PREPARE;
#endif
- /* Open a descriptor for /dev/tty unless the user explicitly
- requests errors on standard error. */
- const char *on_2 = __libc_secure_getenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_");
- if (on_2 == NULL || *on_2 == '\0')
- fd = open_not_cancel_2 (_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+ /* Don't call __libc_secure_getenv if we aren't doing backtrace, which
+ may access the corrupted stack. */
+ if ((action & do_backtrace))
+ {
+ /* Open a descriptor for /dev/tty unless the user explicitly
+ requests errors on standard error. */
+ const char *on_2 = __libc_secure_getenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_");
+ if (on_2 == NULL || *on_2 == '\0')
+ fd = open_not_cancel_2 (_PATH_TTY, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY);
+ }
if (fd == -1)
fd = STDERR_FILENO;