Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] t5000: test tar files that overflow ustar headers

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 03:37:32PM +0200, Torsten Bögershausen wrote:

> > So off_t is probably better. We do need to be careful, though, when
> > allocating objects. E.g., this:
> > 
> >   off_t size;
> >   struct git_istream *stream;
> >   void *buf;
> > 
> >   stream = open_istream(sha1, &type, &size, NULL);
> >   buf = xmalloc(size);
> >   while (1) {
> > 	/* read stream into buf */
> >   }
> > 
> > is a security hole when size_t is less than off_t (it gets truncated in
> > the call to xmalloc, which allocates too few bytes). This is a toy
> > example, obviously, but it's something to watch out for.
> > 
> That code is "illegal", it should be
>  buf = xmalloc(xsize_t(size));

Sure, I agree. The point is that it is easy to forget the extra
wrapper/check, and we should be aware of it. I don't think the compiler
will warn you (probably some static analyzers would, though).

> - Use the streaming interface to analyze if blobs are binary
>   (That is already on my list, the old "stream and early out"
>   from the olc 10/10, gmane/$293010 or so can be reused)

You might be interested in

  https://github.com/peff/git/commit/2fb07bc91f3ac6162c3dd5667d8167fc0bec6d99

I don't remember if it produced good results or not (ISTR that the cost
of setting up the streaming sometimes overwhelmed any benefit).

-Peff