Re: [libvirt] Power Hypervisor: Fix potential segfault and memleak in phypOpen

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2009/8/14 Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 15:35 +0200, Chris Lalancette wrote:
>> Matthias Bolte wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I came across this line in the phypOpen function:
>> >
>> > char string[strlen(conn->uri->path)];
>> >
>> > Here the path part of the given URI is used without checking it for
>> > NULL, this can cause a segfault as strlen expects a string != NULL.
>>
>> Heh, it's worse than that; there is a check later on for !conn || !conn->uri, so
>> you are potentially de-referencing a NULL pointer.
>>
>> > Beside that uuid_db and connection_data leak in case of an error.
>> >
>> > In this line
>> >
>> > conn->uri->path = string;
>> >
>> > the original path of the URI leaks. The patch adds a VIR_FREE call
>> > before setting the new path.
>> >
>> > The attached patch is compile-tested but I don't have a Power
>> > Hypervisor installation at hand to test it for real.
>>
>> I also don't have a Power Hypervisor, but it looks sane enough to me.  I'll say
>> ACK, but it's probably a good idea to get someone who has Power to test it
>> before you commit.
>>
>
> I tested with some Power machines I have over here and it is ACK for me.
>
> []'s
>

A change to escape_specialcharacters() affects this patch, so I
attached a v2 of it. The only change to the first patch is the caching
of strlen(conn->uri->path) + 1 to use it for VIR_ALLOC_N() and
escape_specialcharacters().

Matthias
diff --git a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
index f457cf4..9b46696 100644
--- a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
+++ b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
@@ -63,25 +63,18 @@ static virDrvOpenStatus
 phypOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
          virConnectAuthPtr auth, int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
-    SSH_SESSION *session;
-    ConnectionData *connection_data;
-    char string[strlen(conn->uri->path)];
-
+    SSH_SESSION *session = NULL;
+    ConnectionData *connection_data = NULL;
+    char *string = NULL;
+    size_t len = 0;
     uuid_dbPtr uuid_db = NULL;
 
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(uuid_db) < 0)
-        virReportOOMError(conn);
-
-    if (VIR_ALLOC(connection_data) < 0)
-        virReportOOMError(conn);
-
     if (!conn || !conn->uri)
         return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
 
     if (conn->uri->scheme == NULL || STRNEQ(conn->uri->scheme, "phyp"))
         return VIR_DRV_OPEN_DECLINED;
 
-
     if (conn->uri->server == NULL) {
         virRaiseError(conn, NULL, NULL, 0, VIR_FROM_PHYP,
                       VIR_ERR_ERROR, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, "%s",
@@ -96,20 +89,38 @@ phypOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
         return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (escape_specialcharacters(conn->uri->path, string, sizeof(string)) == -1) {
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(uuid_db) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError(conn);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    if (VIR_ALLOC(connection_data) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError(conn);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    len = strlen(conn->uri->path) + 1;
+
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(string, len) < 0) {
+        virReportOOMError(conn);
+        goto failure;
+    }
+
+    if (escape_specialcharacters(conn->uri->path, string, len) == -1) {
         virRaiseError(conn, NULL, NULL, 0, VIR_FROM_PHYP,
                       VIR_ERR_ERROR, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, "%s",
                       _("Error parsing 'path'. Invalid characters."));
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
+        goto failure;
     }
 
     if ((session = openSSHSession(conn, auth)) == NULL) {
         virRaiseError(conn, NULL, NULL, 0, VIR_FROM_PHYP,
                       VIR_ERR_ERROR, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, "%s",
                       _("Error while opening SSH session."));
-        return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
+        goto failure;
     }
 
+    VIR_FREE(conn->uri->path);
     conn->uri->path = string;
     connection_data->session = session;
     connection_data->auth = auth;
@@ -122,6 +133,13 @@ phypOpen(virConnectPtr conn,
     init_uuid_db(conn);
 
     return VIR_DRV_OPEN_SUCCESS;
+
+  failure:
+    VIR_FREE(uuid_db);
+    VIR_FREE(connection_data);
+    VIR_FREE(string);
+
+    return VIR_DRV_OPEN_ERROR;
 }
 
 static int
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