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xz: Don't modify argv[]. 

The code that parses --memlimit options and --block-list modified
the argv[] when parsing the option string from optarg. This was
visible in "ps auxf" and such and could be confusing. I didn't
understand it back in the day when I wrote that code. Now a copy
is allocated when modifiable strings are needed.
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Lasse Collin 2022-12-08 19:18:16 +02:00
parent a13064e1c2
commit bc665b84ea
1 changed files with 19 additions and 4 deletions
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src/xz/args.c
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const char stdin_filename[] = "(stdin)";
/// Parse and set the memory usage limit for compression, decompression,
/// and/or multithreaded decompression.
static void
parse_memlimit(const char *name, const char *name_percentage, char *str,
parse_memlimit(const char *name, const char *name_percentage, const char *str,
bool set_compress, bool set_decompress, bool set_mtdec)
{
bool is_percentage = false;
@ -40,9 +40,18 @@ parse_memlimit(const char *name, const char *name_percentage, char *str,
const size_t len = strlen(str);
if (len > 0 && str[len - 1] == '%') {
str[len - 1] = '\0';
// Make a copy so that we can get rid of %.
//
// In the past str wasn't const and we modified it directly
// but that modified argv[] and thus affected what was visible
// in "ps auxf" or similar tools which was confusing. For
// example, --memlimit=50% would show up as --memlimit=50
// since the percent sign was overwritten here.
char *s = xstrdup(str);
s[len - 1] = '\0';
is_percentage = true;
value = str_to_uint64(name_percentage, str, 1, 100);
value = str_to_uint64(name_percentage, s, 1, 100);
free(s);
} else {
// On 32-bit systems, SIZE_MAX would make more sense than
// UINT64_MAX. But use UINT64_MAX still so that scripts
@ -57,8 +66,12 @@ parse_memlimit(const char *name, const char *name_percentage, char *str,
static void
parse_block_list(char *str)
parse_block_list(const char *str_const)
{
// We need a modifiable string in the for-loop.
char *str_start = xstrdup(str_const);
char *str = str_start;
// It must be non-empty and not begin with a comma.
if (str[0] == '\0' || str[0] == ',')
message_fatal(_("%s: Invalid argument to --block-list"), str);
@ -113,6 +126,8 @@ parse_block_list(char *str)
// Terminate the array.
opt_block_list[count] = 0;
free(str_start);
return;
}