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From: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
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Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:43:52 +0100
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Subject: [PATCH] sleep-config: Dereference pointer before check for NULL
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This fixes a bug pointed out by http://css.csail.mit.edu/stack/
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(Optimization-unstable code)
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It is a similar fix as f146f5e159 (2013-12-30, core:
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Forgot to dereference pointer when checking for NULL)
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To explain this bug consider the following similar, but simpler code:
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	if (!p)
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		free(*p)
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Assume the if condition evaluates to true, then we will access *p,
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which means the compiler can assume p is a valid pointer, so it could
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dereference p and use the value *p.
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Assuming p as a valid pointer, !p will be false.
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But initally we assumed the condition evaluates to true.
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By this reasoning the optimizing compiler can deduce, we have dead code.
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("The if will never be taken, as *p must be valid, because otherwise
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accessing *p inside the if would segfault")
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This led to an error message of the static code checker, so I checked the
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code in question.
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As we access *modes and *states before the check in the changed line of
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this patch, I assume the line to be wrong and we actually wanted to check
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for *modes and *states being both non null.
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---
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 src/shared/sleep-config.c | 2 +-
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 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/src/shared/sleep-config.c b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
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index d76e3ad..b2a0787 100644
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--- a/src/shared/sleep-config.c
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+++ b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int parse_sleep_config(const char *verb, char ***modes, char ***states) {
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         } else
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                 assert_not_reached("what verb");
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-        if (!modes || !states) {
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+        if (!*modes || !*states) {
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                 strv_free(*modes);
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                 strv_free(*states);
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                 return log_oom();