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Re: [PATCH] line-log: protect inner strbuf from free

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 3, 2024, 00:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20241003001945.GA3486271@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20241002235639.GB3455554@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 07:56:39PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> Good catch. Your analysis looks correct, though I had two questions I
> managed to answer myself:
> 
>   1. This seems like an obvious use-after-free problem. Why didn't we
>      catch it sooner? I think the answer is that most uses of the
>      output_prefix callback happen via diff_line_prefix(), which was not
>      broken by 394affd46d. It's only line-log that was affected.
> 
>      Building with ASan and running:
> 
>        ./git log --graph -L :diff_line_prefix:diff.c
> 
>      shows the problem immediately (and that your patch fixes it).
>      Should we include a new test in this patch?

I think this would do it if you'd like to squash it in. Note that showing the actual patch is necessary to trigger the problem (since that's where we free the prefix buf). Unfortunately it makes the expected output a lot uglier. :(

diff --git a/t/t4211-line-log.sh b/t/t4211-line-log.sh
index 02d76dca28..950451cf6a 100755
--- a/t/t4211-line-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4211-line-log.sh
@@ -337,4 +337,32 @@ test_expect_success 'zero-width regex .* matches any function name' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'show line-log with graph' '
+	qz_to_tab_space >expect <<-EOF &&
+	* $head_oid Modify func2() in file.c
+	|Z
+	| diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
+	| --- a/file.c
+	| +++ b/file.c
+	| @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
+	|  int func2()
+	|  {
+	| -    return F2;
+	| +    return F2 + 2;
+	|  }
+	* $root_oid Add func1() and func2() in file.c
+	ZZ
+	  diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
+	  --- /dev/null
+	  +++ b/file.c
+	  @@ -0,0 +6,4 @@
+	  +int func2()
+	  +{
+	  +    return F2;
+	  +}
+	EOF
+	git log --graph --oneline -L:func2:file.c >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done

-Peff
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  1. line-log: protect inner strbuf from freeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Oct 2, 2024
  2. Jeff KingOct 2, 2024
  3. Jeff KingOct 3, 2024
  4. Derrick StoleeOct 3, 2024
  5. Jeff KingOct 3, 2024
  6. Derrick StoleeOct 3, 2024
  7. Jeff KingOct 3, 2024
  8. 0/3 line-log: protect inner strbuf from freeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2024
  9. 1/3 line-log: protect inner strbuf from freeDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2024
  10. Patrick SteinhardtOct 4, 2024
  11. 2/3 line-log: remove output_prefix()Jeff King via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2024
  12. 3/3 diff: modify output_prefix function pointerJeff King via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2024
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2024
  14. 0/5 diff output_prefix cleanupsJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  15. 1/5 line-log: use diff_line_prefix() instead of custom helperJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  16. 2/5 diff: drop line_prefix_length fieldJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  17. 3/5 diff: return const char from output_prefix callbackJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  18. 4/5 diff: return line_prefix directly when possibleJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  19. 5/5 diff: store graph prefix buf in git_graph structJeff King, Oct 3, 2024
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2024
  21. Patrick SteinhardtOct 4, 2024
  22. Derrick StoleeOct 4, 2024
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2024
  24. Derrick StoleeOct 4, 2024

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