Version 4.8.1

The regression was introduced by commit
1b669cd13c, which allowed a server name with
upper case but rejected a name or alias with upper case.

This commit fixed the creation of the option when the server name is not given,
so this command works again:

  /set irc.msgbuffer.whois current

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ jobs:
             cc: "gcc"
             cxx: "g++"
             buildargs: "-G Ninja -DENABLE_MAN=ON -DENABLE_DOC=ON -DENABLE_TESTS=ON"
+          - name: "gcc_release_hardened"
+            cc: "gcc"
+            cxx: "g++"
+            buildargs: "-DENABLE_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=\"-Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3\" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=\"-Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3\""
           - name: "gcc_no_nls"
             cc: "gcc"
             cxx: "g++"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # WeeChat ChangeLog
 
+## Version 4.8.1 (2025-12-01)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- core: fix buffer size in function util_parse_time, causing buffer overflow error in unit tests
+- irc: fix creation of irc.msgbuffer option without a server name
+
 ## Version 4.8.0 (2025-11-30)
 
 _If you are upgrading: please see [UPGRADING.md](UPGRADING.md)._
 
-### Added
-
-- core: add option weechat.completion.cycle
-- core: add hdata for hooks
-- api: add functions util_parse_int, util_parse_long and util_parse_longlong
-- buflist: add variable `${index_displayed}`
-
 ### Removed
 
 - irc: remove temporary servers and option irc.look.temporary_servers
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ _If you are upgrading: please see [UPGRADING.md](UPGRADING.md)._
 - build: require Enchant v2 ([#2268](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2268))
 - build: require Lua ≥ 5.3 ([#2268](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2268))
 
+### Added
+
+- core: add option weechat.completion.cycle
+- core: add hdata for hooks
+- api: add functions util_parse_int, util_parse_long and util_parse_longlong
+- buflist: add variable `${index_displayed}`
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - core: display an error message in case of invalid parameters in commands `/bar`, `/buffer`, `/cursor`, `/print` and `/window`

UPGRADING.md

@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ converted to a standard server, and thus is saved in configuration file `irc.con
 
 Servers can easily be removed with `/server del <name>`.
 
+### IRC SASL EXTERNAL
+
+When server option `sasl_mechanism` is set to `external`, WeeChat now sends the
+username defined in option `sasl_username` to the IRC server
+(see issue [#2270](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2270)).
+
+If you use the EXTERNAL mechanism and the username is set, you could either:
+
+- reset `sasl_username` to an empty string, if the username is **not** needed on this server:
+  `/reset irc.server.xxx.sasl_username`
+- set `sasl_username` to your actual username, if the username **is** required on this server:
+  `/set irc.server.xxx.sasl_username "user"`
+
 ### New time format in log files
 
 The time format used in log files now uses UTC and precision of microsecond

src/core/core-util.c

@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ int
 util_parse_time (const char *datetime, struct timeval *tv)
 {
     char *string, *pos, *pos2, *pos_colon, *pos_hyphen, *pos_dot;
-    char str_usec[16], *error, str_date[128], str_date2[256];
+    char str_usec[16], *error, str_date[128];
     struct tm tm_date, tm_date_gm, tm_date_local, *local_time;
     time_t time_now, time_gm, time_local;
     long long value;
@@ -441,21 +441,23 @@ util_parse_time (const char *datetime, struct timeval *tv)
     if (pos_colon && !pos_hyphen)
     {
         /* add current date: "19:04:55" -> "2025-08-30T19:04:55" */
-        string = malloc (strlen (datetime) + 16 + 1);
-        if (!string)
-            return 0;
         time_now = time (NULL);
         local_time = localtime (&time_now);
         strftime (str_date, sizeof (str_date), "%Y-%m-%dT", local_time);
-        snprintf (string, sizeof (str_date2), "%s%s", str_date, datetime);
+        length = strlen (str_date) + strlen (datetime) + 1;
+        string = malloc (length);
+        if (!string)
+            return 0;
+        snprintf (string, length, "%s%s", str_date, datetime);
     }
     else if (!pos_colon && pos_hyphen && (!pos_dot || (pos_hyphen < pos_dot)))
     {
         /* add time (midnight): "2025-08-30" -> "2025-08-30T00:00:00" */
-        string = malloc (strlen (datetime) + 16 + 1);
+        length = strlen (datetime) + 9 + 1;
+        string = malloc (length);
         if (!string)
             return 0;
-        snprintf (string, sizeof (str_date2), "%sT00:00:00", datetime);
+        snprintf (string, length, "%sT00:00:00", datetime);
     }
     else
     {

src/plugins/irc/irc-config.c

@@ -1577,7 +1577,8 @@ irc_config_msgbuffer_create_option_cb (const void *pointer, void *data,
                                        const char *option_name, const char *value)
 {
     struct t_config_option *ptr_option;
-    char *pos, *name_lower;
+    const char *pos;
+    char *name_lower;
     int rc;
 
     /* make C compiler happy */
@@ -1605,36 +1606,33 @@ irc_config_msgbuffer_create_option_cb (const void *pointer, void *data,
             if (value)
             {
                 pos = strrchr (option_name, '.');
-                if (pos)
+                pos = (pos) ? pos + 1 : option_name;
+                name_lower = weechat_string_tolower (pos);
+                if (name_lower && (strcmp (pos, name_lower) == 0))
                 {
-                    pos++;
+                    ptr_option = weechat_config_new_option (
-                    name_lower = weechat_string_tolower (pos);
+                        config_file, section,
-                    if (name_lower && (strcmp (pos, name_lower) == 0))
+                        option_name, "enum",
-                    {
+                        _("buffer used to display message received from IRC "
-                        ptr_option = weechat_config_new_option (
+                          "server"),
-                            config_file, section,
+                        "weechat|server|current|private", 0, 0, value, value, 0,
-                            option_name, "enum",
+                        NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-                            _("buffer used to display message received from IRC "
+                    rc = (ptr_option) ?
-                              "server"),
+                        WEECHAT_CONFIG_OPTION_SET_OK_SAME_VALUE :
-                            "weechat|server|current|private", 0, 0, value, value, 0,
+                        WEECHAT_CONFIG_OPTION_SET_ERROR;
-                            NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-                        rc = (ptr_option) ?
-                            WEECHAT_CONFIG_OPTION_SET_OK_SAME_VALUE :
-                            WEECHAT_CONFIG_OPTION_SET_ERROR;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        weechat_printf (
-                            NULL,
-                            _("%s%s: error: invalid option \"%s.%s\", the command "
-                              "name or alias \"%s\" must be lower case"),
-                            weechat_prefix ("error"), IRC_PLUGIN_NAME,
-                            "irc.msgbuffer", option_name, pos);
-                        free (name_lower);
-                        return rc;
-                    }
-                    free (name_lower);
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    weechat_printf (
+                        NULL,
+                        _("%s%s: error: invalid option \"%s.%s\", the command "
+                          "name or alias \"%s\" must be lower case"),
+                        weechat_prefix ("error"), IRC_PLUGIN_NAME,
+                        "irc.msgbuffer", option_name, pos);
+                    free (name_lower);
+                    return rc;
+                }
+                free (name_lower);
             }
             else
                 rc = WEECHAT_CONFIG_OPTION_SET_OK_SAME_VALUE;

version.sh

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 #     devel-number   the devel version as hex number ("0x04010000" for "4.1.0-dev")
 #
 
-weechat_stable="4.8.0"
+weechat_stable="4.8.1"
-weechat_devel="4.8.0"
+weechat_devel="4.8.1"
 
 stable_major=$(echo "${weechat_stable}" | cut -d"." -f1)
 stable_minor=$(echo "${weechat_stable}" | cut -d"." -f2)