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[v1] tools/libs/guest: assist gcc13's realloc analyzer

Message ID 20230419100633.13047-1-olaf@aepfle.de (mailing list archive)
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Series [v1] tools/libs/guest: assist gcc13's realloc analyzer | expand

Commit Message

Olaf Hering April 19, 2023, 10:06 a.m. UTC
gcc13 fails to track the allocated memory in backup_ptes:

xg_offline_page.c: In function 'backup_ptes':
xg_offline_page.c:191:13: error: pointer 'orig' may be used after 'realloc' [-Werror=use-after-free]
  191 |             free(orig);

Assist the analyzer by slightly rearranging the code:
In case realloc succeeds, the previous allocation is either extended
or released internally. In case realloc fails, the previous allocation
is left unchanged. Return an error in this case, the caller will
release the currently allocated memory in its error path.

http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210570

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
---
 tools/libs/guest/xg_offline_page.c | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Comments

Jürgen Groß April 19, 2023, 12:55 p.m. UTC | #1
On 19.04.23 12:06, Olaf Hering wrote:
> gcc13 fails to track the allocated memory in backup_ptes:
> 
> xg_offline_page.c: In function 'backup_ptes':
> xg_offline_page.c:191:13: error: pointer 'orig' may be used after 'realloc' [-Werror=use-after-free]
>    191 |             free(orig);
> 
> Assist the analyzer by slightly rearranging the code:
> In case realloc succeeds, the previous allocation is either extended
> or released internally. In case realloc fails, the previous allocation
> is left unchanged. Return an error in this case, the caller will
> release the currently allocated memory in its error path.
> 
> http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210570
> 
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen
Jason Andryuk April 24, 2023, 7:44 p.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 8:55 AM Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com> wrote:
>
> On 19.04.23 12:06, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > gcc13 fails to track the allocated memory in backup_ptes:
> >
> > xg_offline_page.c: In function 'backup_ptes':
> > xg_offline_page.c:191:13: error: pointer 'orig' may be used after 'realloc' [-Werror=use-after-free]
> >    191 |             free(orig);
> >
> > Assist the analyzer by slightly rearranging the code:
> > In case realloc succeeds, the previous allocation is either extended
> > or released internally. In case realloc fails, the previous allocation
> > is left unchanged. Return an error in this case, the caller will
> > release the currently allocated memory in its error path.
> >
> > http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210570
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
>
> Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Compile-tested-by: Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@gmail.com>

Needed to build on Fedora 38.

Thanks,
Jason
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Patch

diff --git a/tools/libs/guest/xg_offline_page.c b/tools/libs/guest/xg_offline_page.c
index ccd0299f0f..8f0a252417 100644
--- a/tools/libs/guest/xg_offline_page.c
+++ b/tools/libs/guest/xg_offline_page.c
@@ -181,18 +181,14 @@  static int backup_ptes(xen_pfn_t table_mfn, int offset,
 
     if (backup->max == backup->cur)
     {
-        void *orig = backup->entries;
+        void *entries = realloc(backup->entries, backup->max * 2 *
+                                sizeof(struct pte_backup_entry));
 
-        backup->entries = realloc(
-            orig, backup->max * 2 * sizeof(struct pte_backup_entry));
-
-        if (backup->entries == NULL)
-        {
-            free(orig);
+        if (entries == NULL)
             return -1;
-        }
-        else
-            backup->max *= 2;
+
+        backup->entries = entries;
+        backup->max *= 2;
     }
 
     backup->entries[backup->cur].table_mfn = table_mfn;