From 32a1adcccf05f98e95a2a451066af810e121bdd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Burgess Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:13:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] gdb/readline: fix use of an undefined variable This commit in binutils-gdb: commit 830b67068cebe7db0eb0db3fa19244e03859fae0 Date: Fri Jul 12 09:53:02 2019 +0200 [readline] Fix heap-buffer-overflow in update_line Which corresponds to this commit in upstream readline: commit 31547b4ea4a1a904e1b08e2bc4b4ebd5042aedaa Date: Mon Aug 5 10:24:27 2019 -0400 commit readline-20190805 snapshot Introduced a use of an undefined variable, which can be seen using valgrind: $ valgrind --tool=memcheck gdb GNU gdb (GDB) 8.3.50.20190918-git Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". 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Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word". ==24924== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==24924== at 0x9986C3: rl_redisplay (display.c:710) ==24924== by 0x9839CE: readline_internal_setup (readline.c:447) ==24924== by 0x9A1C2B: _rl_callback_newline (callback.c:100) ==24924== by 0x9A1C85: rl_callback_handler_install (callback.c:111) ==24924== by 0x6195EB: gdb_rl_callback_handler_install(char const*) (event-top.c:319) ==24924== by 0x61975E: display_gdb_prompt(char const*) (event-top.c:409) ==24924== by 0x4FBFE3: cli_interp_base::pre_command_loop() (cli-interp.c:286) ==24924== by 0x6E53DA: interp_pre_command_loop(interp*) (interps.c:321) ==24924== by 0x731F30: captured_command_loop() (main.c:334) ==24924== by 0x733568: captured_main(void*) (main.c:1182) ==24924== by 0x7335CE: gdb_main(captured_main_args*) (main.c:1197) ==24924== by 0x41325D: main (gdb.c:32) ==24924== (gdb) The problem can be traced back to init_line_structures. The very first time this function is ever called its MINSIZE parameter is always 0 and the global LINE_SIZE is 1024. Prior to the above mentioned commits we spot that the line_state variables have not yet been initialised, and allocate them some new buffer, then we enter this loop: for (n = minsize; n < line_size; n++) { visible_line[n] = 0; invisible_line[n] = 1; } which would initialise everything from the incoming minimum up to the potentially extended upper line size. The problem is that the above patches added a new condition that would bump up the minsize like this: if (minsize <= _rl_screenwidth) /* XXX - for gdb */ minsize = _rl_screenwidth + 1; So, the first time this function is called the incoming MINSIZE is 0, the LINE_SIZE global is 1024, and if the _rl_screenwidth is 80, we see that MINSIZE will be pushed up to 80. We still notice that the line state is uninitialised and allocate some buffers, then we enter the initialisation loop: for (n = minsize; n < line_size; n++) { visible_line[n] = 0; invisible_line[n] = 1; } And initialise from 80 to 1023 i the newly allocated buffers, leaving 0 to 79 uninitialised. To confirm this is an issue, if we then look at rl_redisplay we see that a call to init_line_structures is followed first by a call to rl_on_new_line, which does initialise visible_line[0], but not invisible_line[0]. Later in rl_redisplay we have this logic: if (visible_line[0] != invisible_line[0]) rl_display_fixed = 0; The use of invisible_line[0] here will be undefined. Considering how this variable was originally initialised before the above patches, this patch modifies the initialisation loop in init_line_structures, to use the original value of MINSIZE. With this change the valgrind warning goes away. readline/ChangeLog: PR cli/24980 * display.c (init_line_structures): Initialise line_state using original minsize value. --- readline/ChangeLog.gdb | 6 ++++++ readline/display.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/readline/ChangeLog.gdb b/readline/ChangeLog.gdb index 01b083951ed..49e9fba5ad2 100644 --- a/readline/ChangeLog.gdb +++ b/readline/ChangeLog.gdb @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2019-09-18 Andrew Burgess + + PR cli/24980 + * display.c (init_line_structures): Initialise line_state using + original minsize value. + 2019-08-13 Christian Biesinger * colors.c (_rl_print_color_indicator): Remove unnecessary diff --git a/readline/display.c b/readline/display.c index b39f28291be..89193b572bc 100644 --- a/readline/display.c +++ b/readline/display.c @@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ static void init_line_structures (int minsize) { register int n; + int original_minsize = minsize; if (minsize <= _rl_screenwidth) /* XXX - for gdb */ minsize = _rl_screenwidth + 1; @@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ init_line_structures (int minsize) invisible_line = (char *)xrealloc (invisible_line, line_size); } - for (n = minsize; n < line_size; n++) + for (n = original_minsize; n < line_size; n++) { visible_line[n] = 0; invisible_line[n] = 1; -- 2.30.2