[openssl/openssl] a51f18: crypto/ctype.c: fix off-by-one OOB in ossl_toascii...

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  Branch: refs/heads/master
  Home:   https://github.com/openssl/openssl
  Commit: a51f1834c06f36061136e46a1068e251d47b0bbf
      https://github.com/openssl/openssl/commit/a51f1834c06f36061136e46a1068e251d47b0bbf
  Author: Eugene Syromiatnikov <[email protected]>
  Date:   2026-06-25 (Thu, 25 Jun 2026)

  Changed paths:
    M crypto/ctype.c

  Log Message:
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  crypto/ctype.c: fix off-by-one OOB in ossl_toascii()/ossl_fromascii()

Incorrect check for the upper bound allowed the value of 256 to slip
through, which could lead to OOB read one element beyound the end
of the os_toascii/os_toebcdic arrays.  Fix that by changing
the comparison with 256 from strictly great to great-or-equal.

Found by cppcheck.

Fixes: a1df06b36347 "This has been added to avoid the situation where some host ctype.h functions return true for characters > 127.  I.e. they are allowing extended ASCII characters through which then cause problems.  E.g. marking superscript '2' as a number then causes the common (ch - '0') conversion to number to fail miserably.  Likewise letters with diacritical marks can also cause problems."
Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Nikola Pajkovsky <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kubec <[email protected]>
MergeDate: Thu Jun 25 07:19:30 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/31661)



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