Re: [PATCH v4 10/32] cache.h: define constants LOCK_SUFFIX and LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN

[Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>]

On 09/12/2014 12:15 AM, Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> There are a few places that use these values, so define constants for
>> them.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
>> ---
>>  cache.h    |  4 ++++
>>  lockfile.c | 11 ++++++-----
>>  refs.c     |  7 ++++---
>>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
>> index da77094..41d829b 100644
>> --- a/cache.h
>> +++ b/cache.h
>> @@ -569,6 +569,10 @@ extern void fill_stat_cache_info(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st);
>>  #define REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN   0x0020  /* user friendly output, not "needs update" */
>>  extern int refresh_index(struct index_state *, unsigned int flags, const struct pathspec *pathspec, char *seen, const char *header_msg);
>>
>> +/* String appended to a filename to derive the lockfile name: */
>> +#define LOCK_SUFFIX ".lock"
>> +#define LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN 5
>> +
>>  struct lock_file {
>>         struct lock_file *next;
>>         int fd;
>> diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
>> index 964b3fc..bfea333 100644
>> --- a/lockfile.c
>> +++ b/lockfile.c
>> @@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ static char *resolve_symlink(char *p, size_t s)
>>  static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
>>  {
>>         /*
>> -        * subtract 5 from size to make sure there's room for adding
>> -        * ".lock" for the lock file name
>> +        * subtract LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN from size to make sure there's
>> +        * room for adding ".lock" for the lock file name:
>>          */
>> -       static const size_t max_path_len = sizeof(lk->filename) - 5;
>> +       static const size_t max_path_len = sizeof(lk->filename) -
>> +                                          LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN;
>>
>>         if (!lock_file_list) {
>>                 /* One-time initialization */
>> @@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
>>         strcpy(lk->filename, path);
>>         if (!(flags & LOCK_NODEREF))
>>                 resolve_symlink(lk->filename, max_path_len);
>> -       strcat(lk->filename, ".lock");
>> +       strcat(lk->filename, LOCK_SUFFIX);
>>         lk->fd = open(lk->filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);
>>         if (0 <= lk->fd) {
>>                 lk->owner = getpid();
>> @@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ int commit_lock_file(struct lock_file *lk)
>>         if (lk->fd >= 0 && close_lock_file(lk))
>>                 return -1;
>>         strcpy(result_file, lk->filename);
>> -       i = strlen(result_file) - 5; /* .lock */
>> +       i = strlen(result_file) - LOCK_SUFFIX_LEN; /* .lock */
> 
> Not a new bug since the previous code is broken too.
> Should probably checkstrlen(result_file) >= 5 here before subtracting 5.
> 
> Otherwise, a caller that calls commit_lock_file() with an already
> committed/closed  lock_file can cause writing outside the bounds of
> the array on the line below.

Good catch; thanks. I will fix this in the reroll (though probably in a
later patch).

>> [...]

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu