When reaching MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH in nested loop, valgrind reports: ==8856== Invalid write of size 8 ==8856== at 0x4E8FCAF: include_file (scanner.l:718) ==8856== by 0x4E8FEF6: include_glob (scanner.l:793) ==8856== by 0x4E9985D: scanner_include_file (scanner.l:875) ==8856== by 0x4E89D7A: nft_parse (parser_bison.y:828) ==8856== by 0x4E765E1: nft_parse_bison_filename (libnftables.c:394) ==8856== by 0x4E765E1: nft_run_cmd_from_filename (libnftables.c:497) ==8856== by 0x40172D: main (main.c:340) When trying : nft->f[state->indesc_idx] = f state->indesc_idx has already reached MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH which is outside the buffer. See also scanner_push_file(). So perform limit checking before affectation. Note: Credit also goes to "./shell/testcases/include/0004endlessloop_1" test which crashes unexpectedly. It seemed this test was failing since 32325e3c3fab4 ("libnftables: Store top_scope in struct nft_ctx") was introduced but can't see why. Fixes: 60e917fa7cb55 ("src: dynamic input_descriptor allocation") Signed-off-by: Eric Jallot <ejallot@xxxxxxxxx> --- src/scanner.l | 21 +++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/scanner.l b/src/scanner.l index 80b5a5f0dafc..d32adf4897ae 100644 --- a/src/scanner.l +++ b/src/scanner.l @@ -672,17 +672,13 @@ static void scanner_pop_buffer(yyscan_t scanner) state->indesc = state->indescs[--state->indesc_idx]; } -static struct error_record *scanner_push_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner, - const char *filename, const struct location *loc) +static void scanner_push_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner, + const char *filename, const struct location *loc) { struct parser_state *state = yyget_extra(scanner); struct input_descriptor *indesc; YY_BUFFER_STATE b; - if (state->indesc_idx == MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH) - return error(loc, "Include nested too deeply, max %u levels", - MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH); - b = yy_create_buffer(nft->f[state->indesc_idx], YY_BUF_SIZE, scanner); yypush_buffer_state(b, scanner); @@ -697,8 +693,6 @@ static struct error_record *scanner_push_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner state->indescs[state->indesc_idx] = indesc; state->indesc = state->indescs[state->indesc_idx++]; list_add_tail(&indesc->list, &state->indesc_list); - - return NULL; } static int include_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner, @@ -708,6 +702,12 @@ static int include_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner, struct error_record *erec; FILE *f; + if (state->indesc_idx == MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH) { + erec = error(loc, "Include nested too deeply, max %u levels", + MAX_INCLUDE_DEPTH); + goto err; + } + f = fopen(filename, "r"); if (f == NULL) { erec = error(loc, "Could not open file \"%s\": %s\n", @@ -715,10 +715,7 @@ static int include_file(struct nft_ctx *nft, void *scanner, goto err; } nft->f[state->indesc_idx] = f; - - erec = scanner_push_file(nft, scanner, filename, loc); - if (erec != NULL) - goto err; + scanner_push_file(nft, scanner, filename, loc); return 0; err: erec_queue(erec, state->msgs); -- 2.11.0