Fix code scanning alert no. 7: Multiplication result converted to larger type #2677
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Fixes https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/security/code-scanning/7
To fix the problem, we need to ensure that the multiplication is performed using the larger integer type (
u_int64_t
) to avoid overflow. This can be achieved by casting one of the operands tou_int64_t
before performing the multiplication. Specifically, we can casti
tou_int64_t
before multiplying it with the result ofrand()
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