The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003

Re:The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by keithpeter on Thursday October 10, 2013 @03:02AM (#6526110)

Yes, I thought that the 'break' keyword wasn't used in if clauses. I took it to mean a problem with line ending resulting in the premature closure of the switch block. Anyone any ideas as to possible syntax?

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Re:The Linux Backdoor Attempt of 2003 by epsylon on Thursday October 10, 2013 @05:21AM (#6526493)

It would make sense if the author had meant do clause instead of if clause.

Something like that:

  do {
    switch (bleh) {
      case MEH:
        if (derp) {
          break; /* supposed exit the do..while loop early...
                    except it only exits the switch statement */
        }
        [...]
        break; /* usually there's a break at the end of each
                  case statement, but the programmer might
                  not have seen it if it's far away */
    [...]
    }
    fun_stuff(); /* not supposed to be called when
                    bleh == MEH and derp is non-null */
  } while (quux);

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