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    "id": 134170,
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    "date": "2023-11-13T16:15:18",
    "name": "[v6,4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca()",
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        "name": "Stephen Hemminger",
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        "first_name": "Thomas",
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            "date": "2023-11-13T16:15:14",
            "name": "dumpcap and pcapng fixes",
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        "From": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>",
        "To": "dev@dpdk.org",
        "Cc": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, =?utf-8?q?Morten_Br?=\n\t=?utf-8?q?=C3=B8rup?= <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,\n Reshma Pattan <reshma.pattan@intel.com>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH v6 4/5] pcapng: avoid using alloca()",
        "Date": "Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:15:18 -0800",
        "Message-Id": "<20231113161519.242272-5-stephen@networkplumber.org>",
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    "content": "The function alloca() like VLA's has problems if the caller\npasses a large value. Instead use a fixed size buffer (2K)\nwhich will be more than sufficient for the info related blocks\nin the file. Add bounds checks as well.\n\nSigned-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>\nAcked-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>\n---\n lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++---------------------\n 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c b/lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c\nindex 13fd2b97fb80..f74ec939a9f8 100644\n--- a/lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c\n+++ b/lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c\n@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@\n /* conversion from DPDK speed to PCAPNG */\n #define PCAPNG_MBPS_SPEED 1000000ull\n \n+/* upper bound for section, stats and interface blocks */\n+#define PCAPNG_BLKSIZ\t2048\n+\n /* Format of the capture file handle */\n struct rte_pcapng {\n \tint  outfd;\t\t/* output file */\n@@ -140,9 +143,8 @@ pcapng_section_block(rte_pcapng_t *self,\n {\n \tstruct pcapng_section_header *hdr;\n \tstruct pcapng_option *opt;\n-\tvoid *buf;\n+\tuint8_t buf[PCAPNG_BLKSIZ];\n \tuint32_t len;\n-\tssize_t cc;\n \n \tlen = sizeof(*hdr);\n \tif (hw)\n@@ -158,8 +160,7 @@ pcapng_section_block(rte_pcapng_t *self,\n \tlen += pcapng_optlen(0);\n \tlen += sizeof(uint32_t);\n \n-\tbuf = calloc(1, len);\n-\tif (!buf)\n+\tif (len > sizeof(buf))\n \t\treturn -1;\n \n \thdr = (struct pcapng_section_header *)buf;\n@@ -193,10 +194,7 @@ pcapng_section_block(rte_pcapng_t *self,\n \t/* clone block_length after option */\n \tmemcpy(opt, &hdr->block_length, sizeof(uint32_t));\n \n-\tcc = write(self->outfd, buf, len);\n-\tfree(buf);\n-\n-\treturn cc;\n+\treturn write(self->outfd, buf, len);\n }\n \n /* Write an interface block for a DPDK port */\n@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ rte_pcapng_add_interface(rte_pcapng_t *self, uint16_t port,\n \tstruct pcapng_option *opt;\n \tconst uint8_t tsresol = 9;\t/* nanosecond resolution */\n \tuint32_t len;\n-\tvoid *buf;\n+\tuint8_t buf[PCAPNG_BLKSIZ];\n \tchar ifname_buf[IF_NAMESIZE];\n \tchar ifhw[256];\n \tuint64_t speed = 0;\n@@ -267,8 +265,7 @@ rte_pcapng_add_interface(rte_pcapng_t *self, uint16_t port,\n \tlen += pcapng_optlen(0);\n \tlen += sizeof(uint32_t);\n \n-\tbuf = alloca(len);\n-\tif (!buf)\n+\tif (len > sizeof(buf))\n \t\treturn -1;\n \n \thdr = (struct pcapng_interface_block *)buf;\n@@ -296,17 +293,16 @@ rte_pcapng_add_interface(rte_pcapng_t *self, uint16_t port,\n \t\topt = pcapng_add_option(opt, PCAPNG_IFB_HARDWARE,\n \t\t\t\t\t ifhw, strlen(ifhw));\n \tif (filter) {\n-\t\t/* Encoding is that the first octet indicates string vs BPF */\n \t\tsize_t len;\n-\t\tchar *buf;\n \n \t\tlen = strlen(filter) + 1;\n-\t\tbuf = alloca(len);\n-\t\t*buf = '\\0';\n-\t\tmemcpy(buf + 1, filter, len);\n+\t\topt->code = PCAPNG_IFB_FILTER;\n+\t\topt->length = len;\n+\t\t/* Encoding is that the first octet indicates string vs BPF */\n+\t\topt->data[0] = 0;\n+\t\tmemcpy(opt->data + 1, filter, strlen(filter));\n \n-\t\topt = pcapng_add_option(opt, PCAPNG_IFB_FILTER,\n-\t\t\t\t\tbuf, len);\n+\t\topt = (struct pcapng_option *)((uint8_t *)opt + pcapng_optlen(len));\n \t}\n \n \topt = pcapng_add_option(opt, PCAPNG_OPT_END, NULL, 0);\n@@ -333,7 +329,7 @@ rte_pcapng_write_stats(rte_pcapng_t *self, uint16_t port_id,\n \tuint64_t start_time = self->offset_ns;\n \tuint64_t sample_time;\n \tuint32_t optlen, len;\n-\tuint8_t *buf;\n+\tuint8_t buf[PCAPNG_BLKSIZ];\n \n \tRTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -EINVAL);\n \n@@ -353,8 +349,7 @@ rte_pcapng_write_stats(rte_pcapng_t *self, uint16_t port_id,\n \t\toptlen += pcapng_optlen(0);\n \n \tlen = sizeof(*hdr) + optlen + sizeof(uint32_t);\n-\tbuf = alloca(len);\n-\tif (buf == NULL)\n+\tif (len > sizeof(buf))\n \t\treturn -1;\n \n \thdr = (struct pcapng_statistics *)buf;\n",
    "prefixes": [
        "v6",
        "4/5"
    ]
}