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[PATCH v2] connect: also update offset for features without values

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Andrzej Hunt via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 26, 2021, 15:58 UTC
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From: Andrzej Hunt <andrzej@ahunt.org>

parse_feature_value() takes an offset, and uses it to seek past the point in features_list that we've already seen. However if the feature being searched for does not specify a value, the offset is not updated. Therefore if we call parse_feature_value() in a loop on a value-less feature, we'll keep on parsing the same feature over and over again. This usually isn't an issue: there's no point in using next_server_feature_value() to search for repeated instances of the same capability unless that capability typically specifies a value - but a broken server could send a response that omits the value for a feature even when we are expecting a value.

Therefore we add an offset update calculation for the no-value case, which helps ensure that loops using next_server_feature_value() will always terminate.

next_server_feature_value(), and the offset calculation, were first added in 2.28 in 2c6a403d96 (connect: add function to parse multiple v1 capability values, 2020-05-25).

Thanks to Peff for authoring the test.
Co-authored-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hunt <andrzej@ahunt.org>
---
    connect: also update offset for features without values
    
    V2 incorporates Peff's test and test stability improvements, and
    attempts to improve the commit message.
    
    ATB,
    
    Andrzej
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1091%2Fahunt%2Fconnectloop-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1091/ahunt/connectloop-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1091
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  dcbb05ddc4b ! 1:  908e4e6c4ed connect: also update offset for features without values
     @@ Metadata
       ## Commit message ##
          connect: also update offset for features without values
      
     -    parse_feature_value() does not update offset if the feature being
     -    searched for does not specify a value. A loop that uses
     -    parse_feature_value() to find a feature which was specified without a
     -    value therefore might never exit (such loops will typically use
     -    next_server_feature_value() as opposed to parse_feature_value() itself).
     -    This usually isn't an issue: there's no point in using
     +    parse_feature_value() takes an offset, and uses it to seek past the
     +    point in features_list that we've already seen. However if the feature
     +    being searched for does not specify a value, the offset is not
     +    updated. Therefore if we call parse_feature_value() in a loop on a
     +    value-less feature, we'll keep on parsing the same feature over and over
     +    again. This usually isn't an issue: there's no point in using
          next_server_feature_value() to search for repeated instances of the same
          capability unless that capability typically specifies a value - but a
          broken server could send a response that omits the value for a feature
     @@ Commit message
          always terminate.
      
          next_server_feature_value(), and the offset calculation, were first
     -    added in 2.28 in:
     -      2c6a403d96 (connect: add function to parse multiple v1 capability values, 2020-05-25)
     +    added in 2.28 in 2c6a403d96 (connect: add function to parse multiple
     +    v1 capability values, 2020-05-25).
      
          Thanks to Peff for authoring the test.
      
     @@ t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh: test_expect_success 'extra delim packet in v2 fe
      +test_expect_success 'bogus symref in v0 capabilities' '
      +	test_commit foo &&
      +	oid=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
     ++	dst=refs/heads/foo &&
      +	{
     -+		printf "%s HEAD\0symref object-format=%s\n" "$oid" "$GIT_DEFAULT_HASH" |
     ++		printf "%s HEAD\0symref object-format=%s symref=HEAD:%s\n" \
     ++			"$oid" "$GIT_DEFAULT_HASH" "$dst" |
      +			test-tool pkt-line pack-raw-stdin &&
      +		printf "0000"
      +	} >input &&
     -+	git ls-remote --upload-pack="cat input ;:" . >actual &&
     -+	printf "%s\tHEAD\n" "$oid" >expect &&
     ++	git ls-remote --symref --upload-pack="cat input; read junk;:" . >actual &&
     ++	printf "ref: %s\tHEAD\n%s\tHEAD\n" "$dst" "$oid" >expect &&
      +	test_cmp expect actual
      +'
      +
 connect.c                      |  2 ++
 t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
index aff13a270e6..eaf7d6d2618 100644
--- a/connect.c
+++ b/connect.c
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ const char *parse_feature_value(const char *feature_list, const char *feature, i
 			if (!*value || isspace(*value)) {
 				if (lenp)
 					*lenp = 0;
+				if (offset)
+					*offset = found + len - feature_list;
 				return value;
 			}
 			/* feature with a value (e.g., "agent=git/1.2.3") */
diff --git a/t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh b/t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh
index 5c941949b98..bc393d7c319 100755
--- a/t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh
+++ b/t/t5704-protocol-violations.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,19 @@ test_expect_success 'extra delim packet in v2 fetch args' '
 	test_i18ngrep "expected flush after fetch arguments" err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'bogus symref in v0 capabilities' '
+	test_commit foo &&
+	oid=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	dst=refs/heads/foo &&
+	{
+		printf "%s HEAD\0symref object-format=%s symref=HEAD:%s\n" \
+			"$oid" "$GIT_DEFAULT_HASH" "$dst" |
+			test-tool pkt-line pack-raw-stdin &&
+		printf "0000"
+	} >input &&
+	git ls-remote --symref --upload-pack="cat input; read junk;:" . >actual &&
+	printf "ref: %s\tHEAD\n%s\tHEAD\n" "$dst" "$oid" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done

base-commit: 4c38ced6901a8523cea197b31b2616240ec9fb6e
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  1. connect: also update offset for features without valuesAndrzej Hunt via GitGitGadget, Sep 18, 2021
  2. Taylor BlauSep 18, 2021
  3. Jeff KingSep 18, 2021
  4. Taylor BlauSep 18, 2021
  5. Eric SunshineSep 19, 2021
  6. Jeff KingSep 19, 2021
  7. Eric SunshineSep 19, 2021
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  11. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2021
  12. Jeff KingSep 23, 2021
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  14. Jeff KingSep 23, 2021
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  16. connect: also update offset for features without valuesAndrzej Hunt via GitGitGadget, Sep 26, 2021
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