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[PATCH v2 2/2] diff.c: fix a double-free regression in a18d66cefb

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2022, 14:55 UTC
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<patch-v2-2.2-cae11491599-20220317T144838Z-avarab@gmail.com>
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My a18d66cefb9 (diff.c: free "buf" in diff_words_flush(), 2022-03-04) has what it retrospect is a rather obvious bug (I don't know what I was thinking, if it all): We use the "emitted_symbols" allocation in append_emitted_diff_symbol() N times, but starting with a18d66cefb9 we'd free it after its first use!

The correct way to free this data would have been to add the free() to the existing free_diff_words_data() function, so let's do that. The "ecbdata->diff_words->opt->emitted_symbols" might be NULL, so let's add a trivial free_emitted_diff_symbols() helper next to the function that appends to it.

This fixes the "no effect on show from" leak tested for in the preceding commit. Perhaps confusingly this change will skip that test under SANITIZE=leak, but otherwise opt-in the "t4015-diff-whitespace.sh" test.

The reason is that a18d66cefb9 "fixed" the leak in the preceding "no effect on diff" test, but for the first call to diff_words_flush() the "wol->buf" would be NULL, so we wouldn't double-free (and SANITIZE=address would see nothing amiss). With this change we'll still pass that test, showing that we've also fixed leaks on this codepath.

We then have to skip the new "no effect on show" test because it happens to trip over an unrelated memory leak (in revision.c). The same goes for "move detection with submodules". Both of them pass with SANITIZE=address though, which would error on the "no effect on show" test before this change.

Reported-by: Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 diff.c                     | 11 +++++++++--
 t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 6b22946cd0e..ef7159968b6 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -800,6 +800,14 @@ static void append_emitted_diff_symbol(struct diff_options *o,
 	f->line = e->line ? xmemdupz(e->line, e->len) : NULL;
 }
 
+static void free_emitted_diff_symbols(struct emitted_diff_symbols *e)
+{
+	if (!e)
+		return;
+	free(e->buf);
+	free(e);
+}
+
 struct moved_entry {
 	const struct emitted_diff_symbol *es;
 	struct moved_entry *next_line;
@@ -2150,7 +2158,6 @@ static void diff_words_flush(struct emit_callback *ecbdata)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < wol->nr; i++)
 			free((void *)wol->buf[i].line);
-		free(wol->buf);
 
 		wol->nr = 0;
 	}
@@ -2228,7 +2235,7 @@ static void free_diff_words_data(struct emit_callback *ecbdata)
 {
 	if (ecbdata->diff_words) {
 		diff_words_flush(ecbdata);
-		free (ecbdata->diff_words->opt->emitted_symbols);
+		free_emitted_diff_symbols(ecbdata->diff_words->opt->emitted_symbols);
 		free (ecbdata->diff_words->opt);
 		free (ecbdata->diff_words->minus.text.ptr);
 		free (ecbdata->diff_words->minus.orig);
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index ff8a0426ca5..f3e20dd5bba 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 test_description='Test special whitespace in diff engine.
 
 '
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-diff.sh
 
@@ -1636,7 +1638,7 @@ test_expect_success 'no effect on diff from --color-moved with --word-diff' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'no effect on show from --color-moved with --word-diff' '
+test_expect_success !SANITIZE_LEAK 'no effect on show from --color-moved with --word-diff' '
 	git show --color-moved --word-diff >actual &&
 	git show --word-diff >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
@@ -2022,7 +2024,7 @@ test_expect_success '--color-moved rewinds for MIN_ALNUM_COUNT' '
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'move detection with submodules' '
+test_expect_success !SANITIZE_LEAK 'move detection with submodules' '
 	test_create_repo bananas &&
 	echo ripe >bananas/recipe &&
 	git -C bananas add recipe &&
-- 
2.35.1.1384.g7d2906948a1
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  2. ab/plug-random-leaks (was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2022, #01; Thu, 3))Derrick Stolee, Mar 4, 2022
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 4, 2022
  4. tests: test show --word-diff --color-movedMichael J Gruber, Mar 17, 2022
  5. 0/2 diff.c: fix a recent memory leak regressionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 17, 2022
  6. 2/2 diff.c: fix a double-free regression in a18d66cefbÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 17, 2022
  7. 1/2 tests: demonstrate "show --word-diff --color-moved" regressionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 17, 2022
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