Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:29:15 -0700 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdtar core dumps Message-ID: <1093213755.72863.0.camel@server.mcneil.com> In-Reply-To: <4127841D.6050104@freebsd.org> References: <1092777586.92327.9.camel@server.mcneil.com> <20040817213813.GE3827@gothmog.gr><4127841D.6050104@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 10:19, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Sean McNeil wrote:
> >>>
> >>>I just tried to unarchive a file that didn't exist and got a core dump:
> >
> > Here is a backtrace of the error:
> >
> > #0 0x0000000200926d7e in __vfprintf (fp=0x7fffffffe360,
> > fmt0=0x4161d9 "Failed to open '%s'", ap=0x7fffffffe640)
> > at /usr/src/lib/libc/stdio/vfprintf.c:1052
> > #1 0x00000002008c4006 in vsnprintf (str=0x32 <Address 0x32 out of bounds>,
> > n=4284889, fmt=0x4161d9 "Failed to open '%s'", ap=0x7fffffffe640)
> > at /usr/src/lib/libc/stdio/vsnprintf.c:75
> > #2 0x0000000000411478 in __archive_string_vsprintf (as=0x520240,
> > fmt=0x4161d9 "Failed to open '%s'", ap=0x7fffffffe640)
> > at /usr/src/lib/libarchive/archive_string_sprintf.c:60
> >
> > Could be a compiler bug I suppose, but more likely I think it is this
> > code:
> >
> > if (n == 0) {
> > if (on > 0)
> > *str = '\0';
> > str = dummy;
> > n = 1;
> > }
> >
> > in vsnprintf.c::vsnprintf.
>
> The code you've pointed to above concerns
> me because of the part about:
> if (n == 0) {
> ...
> n = 1;
> }
> That ain't right: If I told vsnprintf the buffer
> size was zero, it should treat it as such. If I
> meant "one", I would have said "one."
>
> On the other hand, the vsnprintf.3 man page
> does explicitly state that "the output is always
> null-terminated," which would preclude passing
> a zero-length buffer, which is exactly what
> libarchive is doing in this situation. It is
> bogus, but at least it's documented bogosity. ;-)
>
> Please try the attached patch to libarchive/archive_string_sprintf.c
> and let me know if it works for you. It simply
> forces the target buffer to be allocated and thereby
> avoids calling vsnprintf with a NULL buffer.
>
> Tim Kientzle
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Index: archive_string_sprintf.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libarchive/archive_string_sprintf.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.4
> diff -u -r1.4 archive_string_sprintf.c
> --- archive_string_sprintf.c 14 Aug 2004 03:45:45 -0000 1.4
> +++ archive_string_sprintf.c 21 Aug 2004 17:02:49 -0000
> @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
> {
> size_t l;
>
> + /* Make sure the target area is initialized. */
> + __archive_string_ensure(as, 64);
> +
> if (fmt == NULL) {
> as->s[0] = 0;
> return;
This patch didn't prevent the core dump.
Cheers,
Sean
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