[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2332: ST_GeomFromWKB crashes PostgreSQL server

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#2332: ST_GeomFromWKB crashes PostgreSQL server
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 Reporter:  dbaston  |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.4
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  2.0.x        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by robe):

 What the frig?

 {{{
 SELECT
 st_geomfromewkb('0104000020E61000000100000001010000008812F4177AE557C040745E6397943D40'::bytea);
 }}}

 Doesn't crash and on closer inspection st_geomfromewkb uses the C
 function? LWGEOMFromWKB which directly calls lwgeom_from_wkb:
 http://postgis.net/docs/doxygen/2.1/d0/d92/lwin__wkb_8c_source.html#l00724


 While The bad ST_GeomFromWKB uses: the C function LWGEOM_from_WKB which
 calls LWGEOMFromWKB
 http://www.postgis.net/docs/doxygen/2.1/da/d94/lwgeom__ogc_8c_source.html#l00790
 and the result check seems to be doing nothing as result is always NULL.
 So what the hell is that doing?

 That aside why isn't this just directly calling lwgeom_from_wkb like the
 good function is?

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