Bug #1046
wcsxfrm(3C) crashes when len arg is 0
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Description
Get a core dump from sort after:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=C
find . -name '*.[ch]' |sort
ksh: 1855: Memory fault(coredump)
$ mdb core
Loading modules: [ libc.so.1 ld.so.1 ]
$C
fffffd7fffdff660 libc.so.1`wcsncpy+0xf()
fffffd7fffdff690 libc.so.1`wcsxfrm+0x80()
fffffd7fffdff700 field_convert_alpha_wide+0x2d6()
fffffd7fffdff760 field_convert_wide+0x17b()
fffffd7fffdff7c0 stream_insert+0xa8()
fffffd7fffdff830 internal_sort+0x19e()
fffffd7fffdff850 main+0x6a()
fffffd7fffdff860 0x40639c()
Updated by Rich Lowe almost 10 years ago
- Subject changed from ksh core dump with LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=C ... to wcsxfrm(3C) crashes when len arg is 0
- Tags deleted (
needs-triage)
This is a bug in wcsxfrm it can be reproduced with this code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
wchar_t *f = L"Foo";
int n;
n = wcsxfrm(NULL, f, 0);
exit(0);
}
We crash like this:
feeb42ca wcsncpy (0, 8050d8c, ffffffff, feecf236) + 22 feecf2b8 wcsxfrm (0, 8050d8c, 0, fee6ea42) + 90 08050d0a main (1, 8047de8, 8047df0, feffbafc, 8047ddc, 8050b1a) + 32 08050b7b _start (1, 8047e9c, 0, 8047ea2, 8047eae, 8047ebc) + 83
Because wcsxfrm underflows a size_t here source:usr/src/lib/libc/port/locale/wcsxfrm.c#L69
A length of 0 and NULL first argument are documented to be acceptable:
If n is 0, ws1 is permitted to be a null pointer.
-- wcsxfrm(3C)
Updated by Gordon Ross almost 10 years ago
This fixes it for me:
diff -r 5e6d930c0c9b usr/src/lib/libc/port/locale/wcsxfrm.c
--- a/usr/src/lib/libc/port/locale/wcsxfrm.c Tue May 17 12:36:01 2011 -0400
+++ b/usr/src/lib/libc/port/locale/wcsxfrm.c Wed May 18 23:38:10 2011 -0400
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
slen = wcslen(src);
if (slen < len)
(void) wcscpy(dest, src);
- else {
+ else if (len) {
(void) wcsncpy(dest, src, len - 1);
dest[len - 1] = L'\0';
}
Updated by Jason King almost 10 years ago
Minor style nit, would 'else if (len != 0) {' be preferred since it's not a boolean?
Updated by Gordon Ross almost 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Resolved
changeset: 13376:c3f168efd1e4
tag: tip
user: Gordon Ross <gwr@nexenta.com>
date: Thu May 19 13:45:25 2011 -0400
description:
1046 wcsxfrm(3C) crashes when len arg is 0
Reviewed by: Robert Gordon <rbg@openrbg.com>
Reviewed by: Jason King <jason.brian.king@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@nexenta.com>
Approved by: Albert Lee <trisk@nexenta.com>
modified:
usr/src/lib/libc/port/locale/wcsxfrm.c