Re: [PATCH 02/20] packfile.c: prevent overflow in `load_idx()`
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Jul 14, 2023, 16:29 UTC
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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:24:53AM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 09:21:55AM +0100, Phillip Wood wrote: >> > p->crc_offset is a uint32_t so we're still prone to truncation here unless >> > we change the crc_offset member of struct packed_git to be a size_t. I >> > haven't checked if the other users of crc_offset would need adjusting if we >> > change its type. >> >> Thanks for spotting. Luckily, this should be a straightforward change: > > Here's a replacement patch which changes the type of `crc_offset`. If > there end up being other review comments, I'll fold this into the next > round.
The code change to use st_add() and st_mult() is the same as before, and the type of .crc_offset member changes, both of which is not unexpected.
In the meantime I will replace the copy of [2/20] I have with this one.
Thanks, both.
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> Subject: [PATCH] packfile.c: prevent overflow in `load_idx()`
>
> Prevent an overflow when locating a pack's CRC offset when the number
> of packed items is greater than 2^32-1/hashsz by guarding the
> computation with an `st_mult()`.
>
> Note that to avoid truncating the result, the `crc_offset` member must
> itself become a `size_t`. The only usage of this variable (besides the
> assignment in `load_idx()`) is in `read_v2_anomalous_offsets()` in the
> index-pack code. There we use the `crc_offset` as a pointer offset, so
> we are already equipped to handle the type change.
>
> Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> ---
> object-store-ll.h | 2 +-
> packfile.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/object-store-ll.h b/object-store-ll.h
> index e8f22cdb1b..26a3895c82 100644
> --- a/object-store-ll.h
> +++ b/object-store-ll.h
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct packed_git {
> const void *index_data;
> size_t index_size;
> uint32_t num_objects;
> - uint32_t crc_offset;
> + size_t crc_offset;
> struct oidset bad_objects;
> int index_version;
> time_t mtime;
> diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
> index 89220f0e03..70acf1694b 100644
> --- a/packfile.c
> +++ b/packfile.c
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ int load_idx(const char *path, const unsigned int hashsz, void *idx_map,
> */
> (sizeof(off_t) <= 4))
> return error("pack too large for current definition of off_t in %s", path);
> - p->crc_offset = 8 + 4 * 256 + nr * hashsz;
> + p->crc_offset = st_add(8 + 4 * 256, st_mult(nr, hashsz));
> }
>
> p->index_version = version;
> --
> 2.41.0.329.g0a1adfae833
> --- >8 ---
>
> Thanks,
> Taylor