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From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Subject: [PATCH 08/73] options, lib: Harden warning buffers and command-line option parsing
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 2026 12:31:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109203259.362845-9-bvanassche@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109203259.362845-1-bvanassche@acm.org>

Fix buffer sizing and command-line option parsing safety in lib.c and
options.c:
- Enlarge the warning buffer in do_warn(), format with vsnprintf(),
  track warning counts without underflowing fmax_warnings, and allocate
  oversized add_pre_buffer() strings dynamically.
- Reject trailing characters and honor OPT_INVERSE in
  handle_switch_setval(), and diagnose missing arguments in -G,
  -include, -imacros, and -MF/-MQ/-MT switches.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
---
 lib.c     | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 options.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
index e282a4fb4d54..ff8efb157f39 100644
--- a/lib.c
+++ b/lib.c
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ static const char *show_stream_name(struct position pos)
 
 static void do_warn(const char *type, struct position pos, const char * fmt, va_list args)
 {
-	static char buffer[512];
+	static char buffer[4096];
 
 	/* Shut up warnings if position is bad_token.pos */
 	if (pos.type == TOKEN_BAD)
 		return;
 
-	vsprintf(buffer, fmt, args);	
+	vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fmt, args);
 
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:%d: %s%s%s\n",
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void do_error(struct position pos, const char * fmt, va_list args)
 void warning(struct position pos, const char * fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
+	static unsigned int warnings = 0;
 
 	if (Wsparse_error) {
 		va_start(args, fmt);
@@ -194,9 +195,13 @@ void warning(struct position pos, const char * fmt, ...)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!--fmax_warnings) {
+	if (++warnings > fmax_warnings) {
+		static int once = 0;
 		show_info = 0;
+		if (once)
+			return;
 		fmt = "too many warnings";
+		once = 1;
 	}
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
@@ -256,11 +261,22 @@ void add_pre_buffer(const char *fmt, ...)
 	unsigned int size;
 	struct token *begin, *end;
 	char buffer[4096];
+	char *buf = buffer;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	size = vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-	begin = tokenize_buffer(buffer, size, &end);
+	if (size >= sizeof(buffer)) {
+		buf = malloc(size + 1);
+		if (!buf)
+			die("out of memory");
+		va_start(args, fmt);
+		vsnprintf(buf, size + 1, fmt, args);
+		va_end(args);
+	}
+	begin = tokenize_buffer(buf, size, &end);
+	if (buf != buffer)
+		free(buf);
 	*pre_buffer_next = begin;
 	pre_buffer_next = &end->next;
 }
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 6ee4d878a473..5aa3290e07da 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ static void handle_onoff_switch_finalize(const struct flag flags[])
 
 static int handle_switch_setval(const char *arg, const char *opt, const struct flag *flag, int options)
 {
-	*(flag->flag) = flag->mask;
+	if (*opt != '\0')
+		return 0;
+	*(flag->flag) = (options & OPT_INVERSE) ? 0 : flag->mask;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ static char **handle_switch_f(char *arg, char **next)
 
 static char **handle_switch_G(char *arg, char **next)
 {
-	if (!strcmp(arg, "G") && *next)
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "G") && next[1])
 		return next + 1; // "-G 0"
 	else
 		return next;     // "-G0" or (bogus) terminal "-G"
@@ -599,11 +601,12 @@ static void add_cmdline_include(char *filename)
 
 static char **handle_switch_i(char *arg, char **next)
 {
-	if (*next && !strcmp(arg, "include"))
-		add_cmdline_include(*++next);
-	else if (*next && !strcmp(arg, "imacros"))
-		add_cmdline_include(*++next);
-	else if (*next && !strcmp(arg, "isystem")) {
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "include") || !strcmp(arg, "imacros")) {
+		char *path = *++next;
+		if (!path)
+			die("missing argument for -%s option", arg);
+		add_cmdline_include(path);
+	} else if (*next && !strcmp(arg, "isystem")) {
 		char *path = *++next;
 		if (!path)
 			die("missing argument for -isystem option");
@@ -620,7 +623,7 @@ static char **handle_switch_i(char *arg, char **next)
 static char **handle_switch_M(char *arg, char **next)
 {
 	if (!strcmp(arg, "MF") || !strcmp(arg,"MQ") || !strcmp(arg,"MT")) {
-		if (!*next)
+		if (!next[1])
 			die("missing argument for -%s option", arg);
 		return next + 1;
 	}

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-09 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-09 20:31 Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 01/73] Makefile: Pass '--' to rm in clean target to handle dash-prefixed files Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 02/73] sparse-llvm: Use LLVMCreateBuilderForModule() with LLVM 24 and later Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 03/73] typeof_unqual: Strip qualifiers and address space from types and arrays Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 04/73] bitfield: Pack consecutive _Bool bitfields into byte containers Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 05/73] allocate: Harden slab allocation bounds, zeroing, and mmap checks Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 06/73] tokenize: Support 4096-byte identifiers and fix escape bounds Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 07/73] pre-process: Fix macro expansion and include directive handling Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 09/73] builtin: Fix atomic builtin type checking and object_size bounds Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 10/73] parse, show-parse: Fix attribute propagation, enum overflow, and bounds Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 11/73] target-openrisc: Set target_openrisc.mach to MACH_OPENRISC Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 12/73] evaluate: Fix pointer arithmetic, incomplete types, and qualifiers Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:31 ` [PATCH 13/73] expand: Fix static initializer folding and floating-point casts Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 14/73] inline: Copy union cast types and VLA bounds when inlining Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 15/73] linearize, flow: Fix asm operands, switch case bounds, and DSE Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 16/73] memops, ssa: Walk parent insns in reverse and skip mixed-size SSA Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 17/73] simplify: Prevent overflow on LLONG_MIN negation and fix simplifications Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 18/73] sparse: Gate context failure warning on Wcontext and catch underflow Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 19/73] ast-model: Return AST_N_COLUMNS and inspect child nodes lazily Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 20/73] c2xml: Guard against recursive symbols and free xmlGetProp() string Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 21/73] compile-i386: Fix buffer bounds, unsigned '<=' codegen, and null checks Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 22/73] ctags: Fix line comparison order and handle SYM_RESTRICT and SYM_LABEL Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 23/73] dissect: Unwrap array element type via base_type() Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 24/73] example: Fix show_op() rotating buffer dimensions Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 25/73] graph: Check PSEUDO_SYM before dereferencing insn->func->sym Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 26/73] scheck: Fix slice() upper bit index calculation Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 27/73] sparse-llvm: Support arbitrary struct member counts and fix operand types Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 28/73] inline: Duplicate generic expressions instead of evaluating them Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 29/73] lib: Avoid mutating fmt before va_start() in warning() Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 30/73] cse, canon: Cast pointers to uintptr_t before relational comparison Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 31/73] context: Add "conditional context increment" model Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 32/73] expand: Simplify signed constants early Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 33/73] bitwise: Allow all-bits-set as a restricted value Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 34/73] bitwise: Allow restricted ordered compares with unrestricted values Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 35/73] bitwise: Keep unrestricted values unrestricted after a cast Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 36/73] bitwise: Don't remove MOD_SPECIFIER from 'bitwise' types Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 37/73] bitwise: Allow both regular casts and forced casts for restricted values Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 38/73] clang-format: Add .clang-format configuration file Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 39/73] options: Add support for -std=c23, -std=c2x and -std=gnu23 Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 40/73] preprocessor: Add support for #elifdef and #elifndef Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 41/73] preprocessor: Add support for __has_include and __has_include_next Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 42/73] c23: Add support for static_assert, alignas, alignof, thread_local Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 43/73] c23: Add support for bool, true, and false keywords Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 44/73] c23: Add support for nullptr and nullptr_t Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 45/73] c23: Add support for digit separators in numeric literals Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 46/73] c23: Support unnamed parameters in function definitions Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 47/73] c23: Support variadic functions without named parameters Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 48/73] c23: Support labels before declarations and at block ends Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 49/73] c23: Support auto type inference Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 50/73] c23: Support constexpr object specifier Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 51/73] c23: Support enumerations with fixed underlying types Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 52/73] c23: Support standard [[]] attribute syntax Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 53/73] preprocessor: Add support for __has_c_attribute Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 54/73] c23: Support empty initializer braces {} Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 55/73] preprocessor: Add support for __has_embed Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 56/73] preprocessor: Add support for #embed directive Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 57/73] c23: Add support for u8 character constants and string literals Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 58/73] preprocessor: Add support for __VA_OPT__ Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 59/73] c23: Treat empty parameter list () as (void) and reject K&R functions Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 60/73] c23: Support storage-class specifiers in compound literals Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 61/73] c23: Add support for _BitInt(N) Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 62/73] enum: Support machine mode attributes on enumeration types Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 63/73] enum: Support __attribute__((packed)) " Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 64/73] expand: Ignore top-level non-array address space in compare_types() Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 65/73] builtin: Support __builtin_infer_alloc_token() as a size_t ICE Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 66/73] builtin: Add support for Linux kernel compiler builtins Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 67/73] builtin: Add support for __builtin_has_attribute() Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 68/73] cleanup: Support __attribute__((cleanup(...))) in linearize and -Wcontext Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 69/73] builtin: Do not evaluate __builtin_clz(0) and __builtin_ctz(0) Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 70/73] pre-process: Support long token and string expansions dynamically Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 71/73] x86: Undefine conflicting bitness macros when parsing -m flags Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 72/73] evaluate: Accept conditional expressions with only one void side Bart Van Assche
2026-11-09 20:32 ` [PATCH 73/73] ci: Add Linux kernel GitHub Actions workflow and build script Bart Van Assche

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