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Re: [PATCH 1/3] path.c: fix uninitialized memory access

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 4, 2017, 19:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20171004192243.GC30301@hank>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqfuazecym.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On 10/04, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Jeff King wrote:
> >> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 03:45:01PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> >
> >>> In other words, an alternative fix would be
> >>> 
> >>> 	if (*path == '.' && path[1] == '/') {
> >>> 		...
> >>> 	}
> >>> 
> >>> which would not require passing in 'len' or switching to index-based
> >>> arithmetic.  I think I prefer it.  What do you think?
> >>
> >> Yes, I think that approach is much nicer. I think you could even use
> >> skip_prefix. Unfortunately you have to play a few games with const-ness,
> >> but I think the resulting signature for cleanup_path() is an
> >> improvement:
> 
> To tie the loose end, here is what I'll queue.
Thanks.  This is much nicer indeed!
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> -- >8 --
> From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 19:30:40 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] path.c: fix uninitialized memory access
> 
> In cleanup_path we're passing in a char array, run a memcmp on it, and
> run through it without ever checking if something is in the array in the
> first place.  This can lead us to access uninitialized memory, for
> example in t5541-http-push-smart.sh test 7, when run under valgrind:
> 
> ==4423== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
> ==4423==    at 0x242FA9: cleanup_path (path.c:35)
> ==4423==    by 0x242FA9: mkpath (path.c:456)
> ==4423==    by 0x256CC7: refname_match (refs.c:364)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: count_refspec_match (remote.c:1015)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: match_explicit_lhs (remote.c:1126)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: check_push_refs (remote.c:1409)
> ==4423==    by 0x2ABB4D: transport_push (transport.c:870)
> ==4423==    by 0x186703: push_with_options (push.c:332)
> ==4423==    by 0x18746D: do_push (push.c:409)
> ==4423==    by 0x18746D: cmd_push (push.c:566)
> ==4423==    by 0x1183E0: run_builtin (git.c:352)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: handle_builtin (git.c:539)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: run_argv (git.c:593)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: main (git.c:698)
> ==4423==  Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation
> ==4423==    at 0x4C2CD8F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
> ==4423==    by 0x4C2F195: realloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
> ==4423==    by 0x2C196B: xrealloc (wrapper.c:137)
> ==4423==    by 0x29A30B: strbuf_grow (strbuf.c:66)
> ==4423==    by 0x29A30B: strbuf_vaddf (strbuf.c:277)
> ==4423==    by 0x242F9F: mkpath (path.c:454)
> ==4423==    by 0x256CC7: refname_match (refs.c:364)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: count_refspec_match (remote.c:1015)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: match_explicit_lhs (remote.c:1126)
> ==4423==    by 0x26C181: check_push_refs (remote.c:1409)
> ==4423==    by 0x2ABB4D: transport_push (transport.c:870)
> ==4423==    by 0x186703: push_with_options (push.c:332)
> ==4423==    by 0x18746D: do_push (push.c:409)
> ==4423==    by 0x18746D: cmd_push (push.c:566)
> ==4423==    by 0x1183E0: run_builtin (git.c:352)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: handle_builtin (git.c:539)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: run_argv (git.c:593)
> ==4423==    by 0x11973E: main (git.c:698)
> ==4423==
> 
> Avoid this by using skip_prefix(), which knows not to go beyond the
> end of the string.
> 
> Reported-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>  path.c | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
> index e50d2befcf..2fecf854fe 100644
> --- a/path.c
> +++ b/path.c
> @@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ static struct strbuf *get_pathname(void)
>  	return sb;
>  }
>  
> -static char *cleanup_path(char *path)
> +static const char *cleanup_path(const char *path)
>  {
>  	/* Clean it up */
> -	if (!memcmp(path, "./", 2)) {
> -		path += 2;
> +	if (skip_prefix(path, "./", &path)) {
>  		while (*path == '/')
>  			path++;
>  	}
> @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ static char *cleanup_path(char *path)
>  
>  static void strbuf_cleanup_path(struct strbuf *sb)
>  {
> -	char *path = cleanup_path(sb->buf);
> +	const char *path = cleanup_path(sb->buf);
>  	if (path > sb->buf)
>  		strbuf_remove(sb, 0, path - sb->buf);
>  }
> @@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ char *mksnpath(char *buf, size_t n, const char *fmt, ...)
>  		strlcpy(buf, bad_path, n);
>  		return buf;
>  	}
> -	return cleanup_path(buf);
> +	return (char *)cleanup_path(buf);
>  }
>  
>  static int dir_prefix(const char *buf, const char *dir)
> -- 
> 2.14.2-889-gd2948f6aa6
> 
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Message 8 of 30 in “fixes for running the test suite with --valgrind”
  1. 0/3 fixes for running the test suite with --valgrindThomas Gummerer, Oct 3, 2017
  2. 1/3 path.c: fix uninitialized memory accessThomas Gummerer, Oct 3, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederOct 3, 2017
  4. Jeff KingOct 3, 2017
  5. Jonathan NiederOct 3, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  7. Jeff KingOct 4, 2017
  8. Thomas GummererOct 4, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2017
  10. 2/3 http-push: fix construction of hex value from pathThomas Gummerer, Oct 3, 2017
  11. Jonathan NiederOct 3, 2017
  12. Jeff KingOct 3, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  15. Jeff KingOct 4, 2017
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  17. 3/3 sub-process: allocate argv on the heapThomas Gummerer, Oct 3, 2017
  18. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2017
  20. Jeff KingOct 4, 2017
  21. Johannes SixtOct 4, 2017
  22. Thomas GummererOct 4, 2017
  23. Stefan BellerOct 3, 2017
  24. Jeff KingOct 3, 2017
  25. Jonathan NiederOct 3, 2017
  26. Jeff KingOct 3, 2017
  27. playing with MSan, was Re: [PATCH 0/3] fixes for running the test suite with --valgrindJeff King, Oct 4, 2017
  28. Thomas GummererOct 4, 2017
  29. lstat-ing delayed-filter output, was Re: playing with MSanJeff King, Oct 5, 2017
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