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From: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
To: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Cc: "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [commit] objc-lang.c: avoid string overrun
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:02:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D6BE2BD.4070608@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110228045034.GB12861@host1.dyn.jankratochvil.net>

Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:15:47 +0100, Michael Snyder wrote:
>> --- objc-lang.c	10 Jan 2011 20:38:49 -0000	1.91
>> +++ objc-lang.c	28 Feb 2011 02:13:37 -0000
>   char                   myregexp[2048];
>> @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ selectors_info (char *regexp, int from_t
>>  	strcpy(myregexp, ".*]");
>>        else
>>  	{
>> -	  strcpy(myregexp, regexp);
>> +	  strncpy(myregexp, regexp, sizeof (myregexp) - 1);
>>  	  if (myregexp[strlen(myregexp) - 1] == '$') /* end of selector */
>>  	    myregexp[strlen(myregexp) - 1] = ']';    /* end of method name */
>>  	  else
> 
> I agree it fixes a bug.  But still if the limit applies then the immediately
> following strlen will read uninitialized memory myregexp[2047].
> 
> Do you agree with this fix instead?
> 
> (Yes, the code should be completely different but we fix only bugs now.)

OK, please apply.

> gdb/
> 2011-02-28  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* objc-lang.c (selectors_info): Error on too long REGEXP.
> 
> --- a/gdb/objc-lang.c
> +++ b/gdb/objc-lang.c
> @@ -720,7 +720,9 @@ selectors_info (char *regexp, int from_tty)
>  	strcpy(myregexp, ".*]");
>        else
>  	{
> -	  strncpy(myregexp, regexp, sizeof (myregexp) - 1);
> +	  if (sizeof (myregexp) < strlen (regexp) + 1)
> +	    error (_("Regexp is too long: %s"), regexp);
> +	  strcpy(myregexp, regexp);
>  	  if (myregexp[strlen(myregexp) - 1] == '$') /* end of selector */
>  	    myregexp[strlen(myregexp) - 1] = ']';    /* end of method name */
>  	  else


  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-28 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-28  4:10 Michael Snyder
2011-02-28  4:52 ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-28 18:02   ` Michael Snyder [this message]
2011-02-28 18:15     ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-28 12:21 ` Pedro Alves
2011-02-28 18:27   ` Michael Snyder

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