On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 10:56:09AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Max Filippov <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Fix new_argv allocation size to be `(argc + 2) * sizeof(char *)` bytes,
> > which matches the way it's used to store `argc + 2` pointers.
> >
> > This fixes the test for me, which otherwise fails on xtensa with the
> > following message
> >
> >   linux-sigrtminmax.c: 59: main: Assertion `execve(new_argv[0], new_argv, 
> > environ) == 0' failed.'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  tests/tcg/multiarch/linux/linux-sigrtminmax.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/linux/linux-sigrtminmax.c 
> > b/tests/tcg/multiarch/linux/linux-sigrtminmax.c
> > index a7059aacd9cb..b5ea65f3d393 100644
> > --- a/tests/tcg/multiarch/linux/linux-sigrtminmax.c
> > +++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/linux/linux-sigrtminmax.c
> > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >      assert(qemu);
> >  
> >      if (!getenv("QEMU_RTSIG_MAP")) {
> > -        char **new_argv = malloc((argc + 2) + sizeof(char *));
> > +        char **new_argv = malloc((argc + 2) * sizeof(char *));
> 
> If you can switch to glib's malloc, then g_new(argc + 2, sizeof(char *))
> is better.  Yes, @argc can't become big enough for the multiplication to
> overflow, but g_new() removes the need for reasoning.

The TCG unit tests don't link to GLib, only basic libc.

Fortunately unit tests have a trusted caller (the QEMU
meson build system), so we don't have to worry about
malicious usage with overflow in this context.

> 
> >          int tsig1, hsig1, count1, tsig2, hsig2, count2;
> >          char rt_sigmap[64];
> 
> 

With regards,
Daniel
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