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getsourcefilter: Get rid of alloca.

Message ID 20230530181340.3926125-1-josimmon@redhat.com
State New
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Series getsourcefilter: Get rid of alloca. | expand

Commit Message

Joe Simmons-Talbott May 30, 2023, 6:13 p.m. UTC
Use a scratch_buffer rather than alloca to avoid potential stack
overflows.
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c | 24 +++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Comments

Adhemerval Zanella Netto May 31, 2023, 12:27 p.m. UTC | #1
On 30/05/23 15:13, Joe Simmons-Talbott via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Use a scratch_buffer rather than alloca to avoid potential stack
> overflows.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c | 24 +++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> index b9ba58c23a..461ad889a9 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
>     License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>     <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>  
> -#include <alloca.h>
>  #include <assert.h>
>  #include <errno.h>
>  #include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <scratch_buffer.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <stdint.h>
>  #include <netatalk/at.h>
> @@ -95,17 +95,12 @@ getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
>    /* We have to create an struct ip_msfilter object which we can pass
>       to the kernel.  */
>    socklen_t needed = GROUP_FILTER_SIZE (*numsrc);
> -  int use_alloca = __libc_use_alloca (needed);
>  
> -  struct group_filter *gf;
> -  if (use_alloca)
> -    gf = (struct group_filter *) alloca (needed);
> -  else
> -    {
> -      gf = (struct group_filter *) malloc (needed);
> -      if (gf == NULL)
> -	return -1;
> -    }
> +  struct scratch_buffer buf;
> +  scratch_buffer_init (&buf);
> +  if (!scratch_buffer_set_array_size (&buf, 1, needed))
> +    return -1;
> +  struct group_filter *gf = buf.data;
>  
>    gf->gf_interface = interface;
>    memcpy (&gf->gf_group, group, grouplen);
> @@ -135,12 +130,7 @@ getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
>  	}
>      }
>  
> -  if (! use_alloca)
> -    {
> -      int save_errno = errno;
> -      free (gf);
> -      __set_errno (save_errno);
> -    }
> +  scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
>  
>    return result;
>  }
Joe Simmons-Talbott June 1, 2023, 2:21 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 09:27:30AM -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> 
> 
> On 30/05/23 15:13, Joe Simmons-Talbott via Libc-alpha wrote:
> > Use a scratch_buffer rather than alloca to avoid potential stack
> > overflows.
> 
> LGTM, thanks.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

Thanks for the review.  Would you mind committing this please?

Thanks,
Joe
> 
> > ---
> >  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c | 24 +++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> > index b9ba58c23a..461ad889a9 100644
> > --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> > +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
> > @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
> >     License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> >     <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> >  
> > -#include <alloca.h>
> >  #include <assert.h>
> >  #include <errno.h>
> >  #include <stdlib.h>
> > +#include <scratch_buffer.h>
> >  #include <string.h>
> >  #include <stdint.h>
> >  #include <netatalk/at.h>
> > @@ -95,17 +95,12 @@ getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
> >    /* We have to create an struct ip_msfilter object which we can pass
> >       to the kernel.  */
> >    socklen_t needed = GROUP_FILTER_SIZE (*numsrc);
> > -  int use_alloca = __libc_use_alloca (needed);
> >  
> > -  struct group_filter *gf;
> > -  if (use_alloca)
> > -    gf = (struct group_filter *) alloca (needed);
> > -  else
> > -    {
> > -      gf = (struct group_filter *) malloc (needed);
> > -      if (gf == NULL)
> > -	return -1;
> > -    }
> > +  struct scratch_buffer buf;
> > +  scratch_buffer_init (&buf);
> > +  if (!scratch_buffer_set_array_size (&buf, 1, needed))
> > +    return -1;
> > +  struct group_filter *gf = buf.data;
> >  
> >    gf->gf_interface = interface;
> >    memcpy (&gf->gf_group, group, grouplen);
> > @@ -135,12 +130,7 @@ getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
> >  	}
> >      }
> >  
> > -  if (! use_alloca)
> > -    {
> > -      int save_errno = errno;
> > -      free (gf);
> > -      __set_errno (save_errno);
> > -    }
> > +  scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
> >  
> >    return result;
> >  }
>
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diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
index b9ba58c23a..461ad889a9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getsourcefilter.c
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ 
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <alloca.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <scratch_buffer.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <netatalk/at.h>
@@ -95,17 +95,12 @@  getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
   /* We have to create an struct ip_msfilter object which we can pass
      to the kernel.  */
   socklen_t needed = GROUP_FILTER_SIZE (*numsrc);
-  int use_alloca = __libc_use_alloca (needed);
 
-  struct group_filter *gf;
-  if (use_alloca)
-    gf = (struct group_filter *) alloca (needed);
-  else
-    {
-      gf = (struct group_filter *) malloc (needed);
-      if (gf == NULL)
-	return -1;
-    }
+  struct scratch_buffer buf;
+  scratch_buffer_init (&buf);
+  if (!scratch_buffer_set_array_size (&buf, 1, needed))
+    return -1;
+  struct group_filter *gf = buf.data;
 
   gf->gf_interface = interface;
   memcpy (&gf->gf_group, group, grouplen);
@@ -135,12 +130,7 @@  getsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
 	}
     }
 
-  if (! use_alloca)
-    {
-      int save_errno = errno;
-      free (gf);
-      __set_errno (save_errno);
-    }
+  scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
 
   return result;
 }