setsourcefilter: Replace alloca with a scratch_buffer.

Message ID 20230516134549.1488655-1-josimmon@redhat.com
State Committed
Commit d9055634a34d4bcb242f84f36c9a7bb1c4019076
Headers
Series setsourcefilter: Replace alloca with a scratch_buffer. |

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Commit Message

Joe Simmons-Talbott May 16, 2023, 1:45 p.m. UTC
  Use a scratch_buffer rather than either alloca or malloc to reduce the
possibility of a stack overflow.

Suggested-by: Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c | 27 ++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Adhemerval Zanella Netto May 18, 2023, 12:58 p.m. UTC | #1
On 16/05/23 10:45, Joe Simmons-Talbott wrote:
> Use a scratch_buffer rather than either alloca or malloc to reduce the
> possibility of a stack overflow.
> 
> Suggested-by: Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

LGTM, thanks.

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

> ---
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c | 27 ++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
> index 538f4de696..479744f169 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
> @@ -16,13 +16,10 @@
>     License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>     <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
>  
> -#include <alloca.h>
>  #include <errno.h>
> -#include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <string.h>
> -#include <stdint.h>
>  #include <netinet/in.h>
> -#include <sys/socket.h>
> +#include <scratch_buffer.h>
>  #include "getsourcefilter.h"
>  
>  
> @@ -34,17 +31,12 @@ setsourcefilter (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.  */
>    size_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);
> @@ -63,12 +55,7 @@ setsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
>    else
>      result = __setsockopt (s, sol, MCAST_MSFILTER, gf, needed);
>  
> -  if (! use_alloca)
> -    {
> -      int save_errno = errno;
> -      free (gf);
> -      __set_errno (save_errno);
> -    }
> +  scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
>  
>    return result;
>  }
  

Patch

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
index 538f4de696..479744f169 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/setsourcefilter.c
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ 
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <alloca.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <scratch_buffer.h>
 #include "getsourcefilter.h"
 
 
@@ -34,17 +31,12 @@  setsourcefilter (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.  */
   size_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);
@@ -63,12 +55,7 @@  setsourcefilter (int s, uint32_t interface, const struct sockaddr *group,
   else
     result = __setsockopt (s, sol, MCAST_MSFILTER, gf, needed);
 
-  if (! use_alloca)
-    {
-      int save_errno = errno;
-      free (gf);
-      __set_errno (save_errno);
-    }
+  scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
 
   return result;
 }