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| author | Alex Richardson <Alexander.Richardson@cl.cam.ac.uk> | 2022-12-01 12:58:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Richardson <Alexander.Richardson@cl.cam.ac.uk> | 2022-12-01 15:14:40 +0000 |
| commit | c62c0d82ccacc2000c45f211166f008687fb97a0 (patch) | |
| tree | 15c82fa99fda84798bfae6d665bc353909948a35 /HTMLparser.c | |
| parent | c7a9b85cbb73ba6f23282b0b15ffe0178931a161 (diff) | |
| download | libxml2-c62c0d82ccacc2000c45f211166f008687fb97a0.tar.gz | |
Correctly relocate internal pointers after realloc()
Adding an offset to a deallocated pointer and assuming that it can be
dereferenced is undefined behaviour. When running libxml2 on CHERI-enabled
systems such as Arm Morello this results in the creation of an out-of-bounds
pointer that cannot be dereferenced and therefore crashes at runtime.
The effect of this UB is not just limited to architectures such as CHERI,
incorrect relocation of pointers after realloc can in fact cause
FORTIFY_SOURCE errors with recent GCC:
https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/09/17/gccs-new-fortification-level
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