On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 20:01, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 03:28:02PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > >> As I learned the hard way not long ago, free() doesn't detect all >> errors because of the delay mechanism. We can make two improvements. >> >> 1. Perform the sanity checking from free_bytes before we insert >> something into the delay array. This detects many kinds of badness >> much sooner. >> >> 2. Check that the freed pointer isn't the same as the pointer in the >> delay array. Checking the entire array would be more complete, but >> slower. Randomly crashing immediately is a modest improvement. > > I think you can return i in check_free_chunk() and use that in free_bytes().
Yes, but I think we should check for errors, too. I don't think anyone actually disables abort, but since that's an option, we should deal with it. This rearranges a bit more, and makes the chunknum unsigned which may help the compiler with the mod math. Index: malloc.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c,v retrieving revision 1.163 diff -u -p -r1.163 malloc.c --- malloc.c 12 May 2014 19:02:20 -0000 1.163 +++ malloc.c 16 May 2014 18:17:57 -0000 @@ -966,34 +966,47 @@ malloc_bytes(struct dir_info *d, size_t return ((char *)bp->page + k); } - -/* - * Free a chunk, and possibly the page it's on, if the page becomes empty. - */ -static void -free_bytes(struct dir_info *d, struct region_info *r, void *ptr) +static uint32_t +find_chunknum(struct dir_info *d, struct region_info *r, void *ptr) { - struct chunk_head *mp; struct chunk_info *info; - int i, listnum; + uint32_t chunknum; info = (struct chunk_info *)r->size; if (info->canary != d->canary1) wrterror("chunk info corrupted", NULL); /* Find the chunk number on the page */ - i = ((uintptr_t)ptr & MALLOC_PAGEMASK) >> info->shift; + chunknum = ((uintptr_t)ptr & MALLOC_PAGEMASK) >> info->shift; if ((uintptr_t)ptr & ((1U << (info->shift)) - 1)) { wrterror("modified chunk-pointer", ptr); - return; + return -1; } - if (info->bits[i / MALLOC_BITS] & (1U << (i % MALLOC_BITS))) { + if (info->bits[chunknum / MALLOC_BITS] & + (1U << (chunknum % MALLOC_BITS))) { wrterror("chunk is already free", ptr); - return; + return -1; } + return chunknum; +} - info->bits[i / MALLOC_BITS] |= 1U << (i % MALLOC_BITS); +/* + * Free a chunk, and possibly the page it's on, if the page becomes empty. + */ +static void +free_bytes(struct dir_info *d, struct region_info *r, void *ptr) +{ + struct chunk_head *mp; + struct chunk_info *info; + uint32_t chunknum; + int listnum; + + info = (struct chunk_info *)r->size; + if ((chunknum = find_chunknum(d, r, ptr)) == -1) + return; + + info->bits[chunknum / MALLOC_BITS] |= 1U << (chunknum % MALLOC_BITS); info->free++; if (info->free == 1) { @@ -1204,9 +1217,15 @@ ofree(void *p) if (mopts.malloc_junk && sz > 0) memset(p, SOME_FREEJUNK, sz); if (!mopts.malloc_freenow) { + if (find_chunknum(g_pool, r, p) == -1) + return; i = getrbyte() & MALLOC_DELAYED_CHUNK_MASK; tmp = p; p = g_pool->delayed_chunks[i]; + if (tmp == p) { + wrterror("double free", p); + return; + } g_pool->delayed_chunks[i] = tmp; } if (p != NULL) {