[PATCH 4/8] escript: prevent buffer overflows

Michael Santos michael.santos@REDACTED
Sat Oct 2 01:55:54 CEST 2010


Check buffer operations on input from escripts, the command line and
environment variables.
---
 erts/etc/common/Makefile.in                        |    2 +-
 erts/etc/common/escript.c                          |   52 ++++++++++++--------
 lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE.erl                  |   15 +++++-
 lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/arg_overflow    |    5 ++
 .../test/escript_SUITE_data/linebuf_overflow       |    5 ++
 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/arg_overflow
 create mode 100755 lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/linebuf_overflow

diff --git a/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in b/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in
index fe7d7b4..7f502b2 100644
--- a/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in
+++ b/erts/etc/common/Makefile.in
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/typer.o: typer.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c typer.c
 
 $(BINDIR)/escript@REDACTED@: $(OBJDIR)/escript.o
-	$(PURIFY) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/escript.o -L$(OBJDIR) $(LIBS)
+	$(PURIFY) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJDIR)/escript.o -L$(OBJDIR) $(LIBS) $(ERTS_INTERNAL_LIBS)
 
 $(OBJDIR)/escript.o: escript.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c escript.c
diff --git a/erts/etc/common/escript.c b/erts/etc/common/escript.c
index 1bc5eb7..6ed79c9 100644
--- a/erts/etc/common/escript.c
+++ b/erts/etc/common/escript.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ find_prog(char *origpath)
     char relpath[PMAX];
     char abspath[PMAX];
 
+    if (strlen(origpath) >= sizeof(relpath))
+        error("Path too long");
+
     strcpy(relpath, origpath);
 
     if (strstr(relpath, DIRSEPSTR) == NULL) {
@@ -180,19 +183,21 @@ find_prog(char *origpath)
                 end = strstr(beg, PATHSEPSTR);
                 if (end != NULL) {
                     sz = end - beg;
-                    strncpy(dir, beg, sz);
-                    dir[sz] = '\0';
                 } else {
                     sz = strlen(beg);
-                    strcpy(dir, beg);
                     look_for_sep = FALSE;
                 }
+                if (sz >= sizeof(dir)) {
+                    beg = end + 1;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                strncpy(dir, beg, sz);
+                dir[sz] = '\0';
                 beg = end + 1;
 
 #ifdef __WIN32__
-		strcpy(wildcard, dir);
-		strcat(wildcard, DIRSEPSTR);
-		strcat(wildcard, relpath); /* basename */
+		erts_snprintf(wildcard, sizeof(wildcard), "%s" DIRSEPSTR "%s",
+            dir, relpath /* basename */);
 		dir_handle = FindFirstFile(wildcard, &find_data);
 		if (dir_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 		    /* Try next directory in path */
@@ -217,9 +222,8 @@ find_prog(char *origpath)
 
                         if (strcmp(origpath, dirp->d_name) == 0) {
                             /* Wow we found the executable. */
-                            strcpy(relpath, dir);
-                            strcat(relpath, DIRSEPSTR);
-                            strcat(relpath, dirp->d_name);
+                            erts_snprintf(relpath, sizeof(relpath), "%s" DIRSEPSTR "%s",
+                                dir, dirp->d_name);
                             closedir(dp);
 			    look_for_sep = FALSE;
                             break;
@@ -291,7 +295,7 @@ append_shebang_args(char* scriptname)
 		    
 		    /* Find end of arg */
 		    end = beg;
-		    while (end && end[0] != ' ') {
+		    while (end && end < (linebuf+LINEBUFSZ-1) && end[0] != ' ') {
 			if (end[0] == '\n') {
 			    newline = TRUE;
 			    end[0]= '\0';
@@ -335,13 +339,16 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	emulator = get_default_emulator(argv[0]);
     }
 
+    if (strlen(emulator) >= PMAX)
+        error("Value of environment variable ESCRIPT_EMULATOR is too large");
+
     /*
      * Allocate the argv vector to be used for arguments to Erlang.
      * Arrange for starting to pushing information in the middle of
      * the array, to allow easy addition of commands in the beginning.
      */
 
-    eargv_size = argc*4+1000;
+    eargv_size = argc*4+1000+LINEBUFSZ/2;
     eargv_base = (char **) emalloc(eargv_size*sizeof(char*));
     eargv = eargv_base;
     eargc = 0;
@@ -387,7 +394,8 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	if (argc <= 1) {
 	    error("Missing filename\n");
 	}
-	strcpy(scriptname, argv[1]);
+	strncpy(scriptname, argv[1], sizeof(scriptname));
+	scriptname[sizeof(scriptname)-1] = '\0';
 	argc--;
 	argv++;
     } else {
@@ -395,16 +403,17 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 	int len;
 #endif
 	absname = find_prog(argv[0]);
-	strcpy(scriptname, absname);
-	efree(absname);
 #ifdef __WIN32__
-	len = strlen(scriptname);
-	if (len >= 4 && _stricmp(scriptname+len-4, ".exe") == 0) {
-	    scriptname[len-4] = '\0';
+	len = strlen(absname);
+	if (len >= 4 && _stricmp(absname+len-4, ".exe") == 0) {
+	    absname[len-4] = '\0';
 	}
 #endif
 
-	strcat(scriptname, ".escript");
+	erts_snprintf(scriptname, sizeof(scriptname), "%s.escript",
+        absname);
+	efree(absname);
+
     }
 
     /*
@@ -455,7 +464,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 static void
 push_words(char* src)
 {
-    char sbuf[1024];
+    char sbuf[PMAX];
     char* dst;
 
     dst = sbuf;
@@ -584,7 +593,7 @@ error(char* format, ...)
     va_list ap;
     
     va_start(ap, format);
-    vsprintf(sbuf, format, ap);
+    erts_vsnprintf(sbuf, sizeof(sbuf), format, ap);
     va_end(ap);
     fprintf(stderr, "escript: %s\n", sbuf);
     exit(1);
@@ -619,6 +628,9 @@ get_default_emulator(char* progname)
     char sbuf[MAXPATHLEN];
     char* s;
 
+    if (strlen(progname) >= sizeof(sbuf))
+        return ERL_NAME;
+
     strcpy(sbuf, progname);
     for (s = sbuf+strlen(sbuf); s >= sbuf; s--) {
 	if (IS_DIRSEP(*s)) {
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE.erl b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE.erl
index 77fd190..162ca60 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE.erl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	 epp/1,
 	 create_and_extract/1,
 	 foldl/1,
+	 overflow/1,
 	 verify_sections/3
 	]).
 
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ all(suite) ->
      archive_script,
      epp,
      create_and_extract,
-     foldl
+     foldl,
+     overflow
     ].
 
 init_per_testcase(_Case, Config) ->
@@ -736,6 +738,17 @@ emulate_escript_foldl(Fun, Acc, File) ->
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
+overflow(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
+    Data = ?config(data_dir, Config),
+    Dir = filename:absname(Data),		%Get rid of trailing slash.
+    ?line run(Dir, "arg_overflow",
+	      [<<"ExitCode:0">>]),
+    ?line run(Dir, "linebuf_overflow",
+	      [<<"ExitCode:0">>]),
+    ok.
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
 run(Dir, Cmd0, Expected0) ->
     Expected = iolist_to_binary(expected_output(Expected0, Dir)),
     Cmd = case os:type() of
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/arg_overflow b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/arg_overflow
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd5accc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/arg_overflow
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env escript
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+%%!x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
+main(_) ->
+    halt(0).
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/linebuf_overflow b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/linebuf_overflow
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..33133c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stdlib/test/escript_SUITE_data/linebuf_overflow
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env escript
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+%%!xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+main(_) ->
+    halt(0).
-- 
1.7.0.4



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