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[PATCH 1/4] midx repack: avoid integer overflow on 32 bit systems

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
May 20, 2025, 15:04 UTC
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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

On a 32 bit system "git multi-pack-index --repack --batch-size=120M" failed with

    fatal: size_t overflow: 6038786 * 1289

The calculation to estimated size of the objects in the pack referenced by the multi-pack-index uses st_mult() to multiply the pack size by the number of referenced objects before dividing by the total number of objects in the pack. As size_t is 32 bits on 32 bit systems this calculation easily overflows. Fix this by using 64bit arithmetic instead.

Also fix a potential overflow when caluculating the total size of the objects referenced by the multipack index with a batch size larger than SIZE_MAX / 2. In that case

    total_size += estimated_size

can overflow as both total_size and estimated_size can be greater that SIZE_MAX / 2. This is addressed by using saturating arithmetic for the addition.

Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 git-compat-util.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 midx-write.c      | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 36b9577c8d4..4678e21c4cb 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -668,6 +668,22 @@ static inline int cast_size_t_to_int(size_t a)
 	return (int)a;
 }
 
+static inline uint64_t u64_mult(uint64_t a, uint64_t b)
+{
+	if (unsigned_mult_overflows(a, b))
+		die("uint64_t overflow: %"PRIuMAX" * %"PRIuMAX,
+		    (uintmax_t)a, (uintmax_t)b);
+	return a * b;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t u64_add(uint64_t a, uint64_t b)
+{
+	if (unsigned_add_overflows(a, b))
+		die("uint64_t overflow: %"PRIuMAX" + %"PRIuMAX,
+		    (uintmax_t)a, (uintmax_t)b);
+	return a + b;
+}
+
 /*
  * Limit size of IO chunks, because huge chunks only cause pain.  OS X
  * 64-bit is buggy, returning EINVAL if len >= INT_MAX; and even in
diff --git a/midx-write.c b/midx-write.c
index dd3b3070e55..c7cb2315431 100644
--- a/midx-write.c
+++ b/midx-write.c
@@ -1699,19 +1699,23 @@ static void fill_included_packs_batch(struct repository *r,
 	for (i = 0; total_size < batch_size && i < m->num_packs; i++) {
 		int pack_int_id = pack_info[i].pack_int_id;
 		struct packed_git *p = m->packs[pack_int_id];
-		size_t expected_size;
+		uint64_t expected_size;
 
 		if (!want_included_pack(r, m, pack_kept_objects, pack_int_id))
 			continue;
 
-		expected_size = st_mult(p->pack_size,
-					pack_info[i].referenced_objects);
+		expected_size = uint64_mult(p->pack_size,
+					    pack_info[i].referenced_objects);
 		expected_size /= p->num_objects;
 
 		if (expected_size >= batch_size)
 			continue;
 
-		total_size += expected_size;
+		if (unsigned_add_overflows (total_size, (size_t)expected_size))
+			total_size = SIZE_MAX;
+		else
+			total_size += expected_size;
+
 		include_pack[pack_int_id] = 1;
 	}
 
-- 
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  2. 1/4 midx repack: avoid integer overflow on 32 bit systemsPhillip Wood, May 20, 2025
  3. Taylor BlauMay 20, 2025
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  5. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
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  7. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2025
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  9. 2/4 midx repack: avoid potential integer overflow on 64 bit systemsPhillip Wood, May 20, 2025
  10. Taylor BlauMay 20, 2025
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  12. 3/4 midx: avoid negative array indexPhillip Wood, May 20, 2025
  13. Taylor BlauMay 20, 2025
  14. 4/4 midx docs: clarify tie breakingPhillip Wood, May 20, 2025
  15. Taylor BlauMay 20, 2025
  16. Phillip WoodMay 21, 2025
  17. D. Ben KnobleMay 21, 2025
  18. 0/4 midx repack: fix overflow on 32 bit systemsPhillip Wood, May 22, 2025
  19. 2/4 midx repack: avoid potential integer overflow on 64 bit systemsPhillip Wood, May 22, 2025
  20. 1/4 midx repack: avoid integer overflow on 32 bit systemsPhillip Wood, May 22, 2025
  21. 3/4 midx: avoid negative array indexPhillip Wood, May 22, 2025
  22. 4/4 midx docs: clarify tie breakingPhillip Wood, May 22, 2025
  23. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  24. Phillip WoodMay 27, 2025
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2025

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