From: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>,
Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] iniparser: prevent signed integer underflow in line length calculation
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:56:57 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127125657.50784-1-ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com> (raw)
In iniparser_load_file(), the code computed:
len = (int)strlen(line) - 1;
If the input line was empty (e.g. started with a null byte), strlen()
returned 0, leading to len = -1. This caused:
- A signed integer underflow (detected by static analyzers)
- Potential out-of-bounds access when checking line[len]
Fix by:
- Using size_t for strlen() result
- Checking for zero length before subtraction
- Computing len as (int)(line_len - 1) only when safe
Signed-off-by: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>
---
lib/libiniparser.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/libiniparser.c b/lib/libiniparser.c
index 4b21b34..1d6dbac 100644
--- a/lib/libiniparser.c
+++ b/lib/libiniparser.c
@@ -697,7 +697,13 @@ dictionary * iniparser_load_file(FILE * in, const char * ininame)
while (fgets(line+last, ASCIILINESZ-last, in)!=NULL) {
lineno++ ;
- len = (int)strlen(line)-1;
+ size_t line_len = strlen(line);
+ if (line_len == 0) {
+ memset(line, 0, ASCIILINESZ);
+ last = 0;
+ continue;
+ }
+ len = (int)(line_len - 1);
if (len<=0)
continue;
/* Safety check against buffer overflows */
--
2.39.2
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