From 34d982caaf1237a03e7e69dc59aa6dd9881fe9c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Lippincott Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:00:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] attr: fix msan issue in read_attr_from_index Memory sanitizer (msan) is detecting a use of an uninitialized variable (`size`) in `read_attr_from_index`: ==2268==WARNING: MemorySanitizer: use-of-uninitialized-value #0 0x5651f3416504 in read_attr_from_index git/attr.c:868:11 #1 0x5651f3415530 in read_attr git/attr.c #2 0x5651f3413d74 in bootstrap_attr_stack git/attr.c:968:6 #3 0x5651f3413d74 in prepare_attr_stack git/attr.c:1004:2 #4 0x5651f3413d74 in collect_some_attrs git/attr.c:1199:2 #5 0x5651f3413144 in git_check_attr git/attr.c:1345:2 #6 0x5651f34728da in convert_attrs git/convert.c:1320:2 #7 0x5651f3473425 in would_convert_to_git_filter_fd git/convert.c:1373:2 #8 0x5651f357a35e in index_fd git/object-file.c:2630:34 #9 0x5651f357aa15 in index_path git/object-file.c:2657:7 #10 0x5651f35db9d9 in add_to_index git/read-cache.c:766:7 #11 0x5651f35dc170 in add_file_to_index git/read-cache.c:799:9 #12 0x5651f321f9b2 in add_files git/builtin/add.c:346:7 #13 0x5651f321f9b2 in cmd_add git/builtin/add.c:565:18 #14 0x5651f321d327 in run_builtin git/git.c:474:11 #15 0x5651f321bc9e in handle_builtin git/git.c:729:3 #16 0x5651f321a792 in run_argv git/git.c:793:4 #17 0x5651f321a792 in cmd_main git/git.c:928:19 #18 0x5651f33dde1f in main git/common-main.c:62:11 The issue exists because `size` is an output parameter from `read_blob_data_from_index`, but it's only modified if `read_blob_data_from_index` returns non-NULL. The read of `size` when calling `read_attr_from_buf` unconditionally may read from an uninitialized value. `read_attr_from_buf` checks that `buf` is non-NULL before reading from `size`, but by then it's already too late: the uninitialized read will have happened already. Furthermore, there's no guarantee that the compiler won't reorder things so that it checks `size` before checking `!buf`. Make the call to `read_attr_from_buf` conditional on `buf` being non-NULL, ensuring that `size` is not read if it's never set. Signed-off-by: Kyle Lippincott Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- attr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c index 300f994ba6..a2e0775f7e 100644 --- a/attr.c +++ b/attr.c @@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate, stack = read_attr_from_blob(istate, &istate->cache[sparse_dir_pos]->oid, relative_path, flags); } else { buf = read_blob_data_from_index(istate, path, &size); - stack = read_attr_from_buf(buf, size, path, flags); + if (buf) + stack = read_attr_from_buf(buf, size, path, flags); } return stack; }