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[6/8] block: dump_qlist() may dereference a Null pointer

Message ID 1535644031-848-7-git-send-email-Liam.Merwick@oracle.com
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Series [1/8] configure: Provide option to explicitly disable AVX2 | expand

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Liam Merwick Aug. 30, 2018, 3:47 p.m. UTC
A NULL 'list' passed into function dump_qlist() isn't correctly
validated and can be passed to qlist_first() where it is dereferenced.

This could be resolved by checking if the list is NULL in dump_qlist()
and returning immediately. However, the general case can be handled by
adding a NULL arg check to to qlist_first() and qlist_next() and all
the callers to those functions handle that cleanly.

Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick <Liam.Merwick@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <Darren.Kenny@oracle.com>	
Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <Mark.Kanda@oracle.com>

---
 include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Eric Blake Aug. 30, 2018, 6:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On 08/30/2018 10:47 AM, Liam Merwick wrote:
> A NULL 'list' passed into function dump_qlist() isn't correctly
> validated and can be passed to qlist_first() where it is dereferenced.

But dump_qlist() is static, and it is easy to prove that it will never 
be called with a NULL 'list' parameter (it's lone caller did switch 
(qobject_type(obj)), and calls dump_qlist() only for QTYPE_QLIST, which 
implies that the qobject_to(QList, obj) will succeed and never be NULL).

> 
> This could be resolved by checking if the list is NULL in dump_qlist()
> and returning immediately. However, the general case can be handled by
> adding a NULL arg check to to qlist_first() and qlist_next() and all
> the callers to those functions handle that cleanly.

NACK.  If anything, I'd be happier with:

assert(list);

in dump_qlist() to shut up the lint checker, as we do not want to slow 
down the common case of qlist_first() for something that does not 
happen.  That is, the null dereference in qlist_first() is a feature for 
detecting buggy code, and not something we need to change.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick <Liam.Merwick@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <Darren.Kenny@oracle.com>	
> Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <Mark.Kanda@oracle.com>
> 
> ---
>   include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h | 6 ++++++
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
> index 8d2c32ca2863..1ec716e2eb9e 100644
> --- a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
> +++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
> @@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
>   
>   static inline const QListEntry *qlist_first(const QList *qlist)
>   {
> +    if (!qlist) {
> +        return NULL;
> +    }
>       return QTAILQ_FIRST(&qlist->head);
>   }
>   
>   static inline const QListEntry *qlist_next(const QListEntry *entry)
>   {
> +    if (!entry) {
> +        return NULL;
> +    }
>       return QTAILQ_NEXT(entry, next);
>   }
>   
>
Liam Merwick Aug. 31, 2018, 1:27 p.m. UTC | #2
On 30/08/18 19:41, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/30/2018 10:47 AM, Liam Merwick wrote:
>> A NULL 'list' passed into function dump_qlist() isn't correctly
>> validated and can be passed to qlist_first() where it is dereferenced.
> 
> But dump_qlist() is static, and it is easy to prove that it will never 
> be called with a NULL 'list' parameter (it's lone caller did switch 
> (qobject_type(obj)), and calls dump_qlist() only for QTYPE_QLIST, which 
> implies that the qobject_to(QList, obj) will succeed and never be NULL).
> 
>>
>> This could be resolved by checking if the list is NULL in dump_qlist()
>> and returning immediately. However, the general case can be handled by
>> adding a NULL arg check to to qlist_first() and qlist_next() and all
>> the callers to those functions handle that cleanly.
> 
> NACK.  If anything, I'd be happier with:
> 
> assert(list);
> 

Thank works for me too.

Regards,
Liam

> in dump_qlist() to shut up the lint checker, as we do not want to slow 
> down the common case of qlist_first() for something that does not 
> happen.  That is, the null dereference in qlist_first() is a feature for 
> detecting buggy code, and not something we need to change.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Liam Merwick <Liam.Merwick@oracle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <Darren.Kenny@oracle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Mark Kanda <Mark.Kanda@oracle.com>
>>
>> ---
>>   include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h | 6 ++++++
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
>> index 8d2c32ca2863..1ec716e2eb9e 100644
>> --- a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
>> +++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
>> @@ -58,11 +58,17 @@ void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
>>   static inline const QListEntry *qlist_first(const QList *qlist)
>>   {
>> +    if (!qlist) {
>> +        return NULL;
>> +    }
>>       return QTAILQ_FIRST(&qlist->head);
>>   }
>>   static inline const QListEntry *qlist_next(const QListEntry *entry)
>>   {
>> +    if (!entry) {
>> +        return NULL;
>> +    }
>>       return QTAILQ_NEXT(entry, next);
>>   }
>>
>
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diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
index 8d2c32ca2863..1ec716e2eb9e 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qlist.h
@@ -58,11 +58,17 @@  void qlist_destroy_obj(QObject *obj);
 
 static inline const QListEntry *qlist_first(const QList *qlist)
 {
+    if (!qlist) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     return QTAILQ_FIRST(&qlist->head);
 }
 
 static inline const QListEntry *qlist_next(const QListEntry *entry)
 {
+    if (!entry) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     return QTAILQ_NEXT(entry, next);
 }