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[PATCH v2 3/5] parse_pack_header_option(): avoid unaligned memory writes

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 19, 2025, 13:23 UTC
Message-ID
<20250119132344.GC1552263@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20250119131224.GA1541095@coredump.intra.peff.net>

In order to recreate a pack header in our in-memory buffer, we cast the buffer to a "struct pack_header" and assign the individual fields. This is reported to cause SIGBUS on sparc64 due to alignment issues.

We can work around this by using put_be32() which will write individual bytes into the buffer.

Reported-by: Koakuma <koachan@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
Same as before.
 packfile.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index 2bf9e57330..2d80d80cb3 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -2318,17 +2318,20 @@ int is_promisor_object(struct repository *r, const struct object_id *oid)
 
 int parse_pack_header_option(const char *in, unsigned char *out, unsigned int *len)
 {
-	struct pack_header *hdr;
+	unsigned char *hdr;
 	char *c;
 
-	hdr = (struct pack_header *)out;
-	hdr->hdr_signature = htonl(PACK_SIGNATURE);
-	hdr->hdr_version = htonl(strtoul(in, &c, 10));
+	hdr = out;
+	put_be32(hdr, PACK_SIGNATURE);
+	hdr += 4;
+	put_be32(hdr, strtoul(in, &c, 10));
+	hdr += 4;
 	if (*c != ',')
 		return -1;
-	hdr->hdr_entries = htonl(strtoul(c + 1, &c, 10));
+	put_be32(hdr, strtoul(c + 1, &c, 10));
+	hdr += 4;
 	if (*c)
 		return -1;
-	*len = sizeof(*hdr);
+	*len = hdr - out;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.48.1.466.g22b8cfd1fa
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Message 18 of 22 in “[BUG] git crashes with a SIGBUS on sparc64 during pull”
  1. KoakumaJan 17, 2025
  2. Jeff KingJan 17, 2025
  3. Jeff KingJan 17, 2025
  4. 1/3 packfile: factor out --pack_header argument parsingJeff King, Jan 17, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2025
  6. Jeff KingJan 18, 2025
  7. KoakumaJan 18, 2025
  8. 2/3 parse_pack_header_option(): avoid unaligned memory writesJeff King, Jan 17, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2025
  10. Jeff KingJan 18, 2025
  11. 3/3 index-pack, unpack-objects: use skip_prefix to avoid magic numberJeff King, Jan 17, 2025
  12. KoakumaJan 17, 2025
  13. Jeff KingJan 18, 2025
  14. KoakumaJan 18, 2025
  15. 0/5 git crashes with a SIGBUS on sparc64 during pullJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  16. 1/5 bswap.h: squelch potential sparse -Wcast-truncate warningsJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  17. 2/5 packfile: factor out --pack_header argument parsingJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  18. 3/5 parse_pack_header_option(): avoid unaligned memory writesJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  19. 4/5 index-pack, unpack-objects: use get_be32() for reading pack headerJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  20. 5/5 index-pack, unpack-objects: use skip_prefix to avoid magic numberJeff King, Jan 19, 2025
  21. KoakumaJan 20, 2025
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2025

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