[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/xerces: fix memory leak when transcoding fails

Matthew Weber matthew.weber at collins.com
Thu Oct 14 15:33:25 UTC 2021


Seen with the IconvGNU transcoder when parsing "<aaa.xsdopengis.net/gml\x96".
The reason is that XMLString::transcode(repText2, manager) throws a TranscodingException
which causes the tmp1 string to leak.

Upstream: https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/commit/1bdf6d8ba878c1fe1d779824be70001fc0bebd2c

Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber at collins.com>

---
This is applicable to LTS as well.
---
 ...oadMsg-fix-memory-leak-when-transcod.patch | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/xerces/0002-InMemMsgLoader-loadMsg-fix-memory-leak-when-transcod.patch

diff --git a/package/xerces/0002-InMemMsgLoader-loadMsg-fix-memory-leak-when-transcod.patch b/package/xerces/0002-InMemMsgLoader-loadMsg-fix-memory-leak-when-transcod.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b37c63d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/xerces/0002-InMemMsgLoader-loadMsg-fix-memory-leak-when-transcod.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+From 1bdf6d8ba878c1fe1d779824be70001fc0bebd2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
+Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 01:33:27 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] InMemMsgLoader::loadMsg(): fix memory leak when transcoding
+ fails.
+
+Seen with the IconvGNU transcoder when parsing "<aaa.xsdopengis.net/gml\x96".
+The reason is that XMLString::transcode(repText2, manager) throws a TranscodingException
+which causes the tmp1 string to leak.
+
+```
+0 0x8791409 in operator new(unsigned int) /src/llvm-project/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_new_delete.cpp:99:3
+1 0xbd147f7 in xercesc_4_0::MemoryManagerImpl::allocate(unsigned int) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/MemoryManagerImpl.cpp:40:18
+2 0xbe8c73e in xercesc_4_0::IconvGNULCPTranscoder::transcode(char const*, xercesc_4_0::MemoryManager*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/Transcoders/IconvGNU/IconvGNUTransService.cpp:870:32
+3 0xbc22ca2 in xercesc_4_0::XMLString::transcode(char const*, xercesc_4_0::MemoryManager*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/XMLString.cpp:621:25
+4 0xbe8f4ad in xercesc_4_0::InMemMsgLoader::loadMsg(unsigned int, char16_t*, unsigned int, char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, xercesc_4_0::MemoryManager*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp:157:16
+5 0xbc20175 in xercesc_4_0::XMLException::loadExceptText(xercesc_4_0::XMLExcepts::Codes, char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/XMLException.cpp:241:23
+6 0xbc48bee in xercesc_4_0::UTFDataFormatException::UTFDataFormatException(char const*, unsigned long long, xercesc_4_0::XMLExcepts::Codes, char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, xercesc_4_0::MemoryManager*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/UTFDataFormatException.hpp:31:1
+7 0xbc4824e in xercesc_4_0::XMLUTF8Transcoder::transcodeFrom(unsigned char const*, unsigned int, char16_t*, unsigned int, unsigned int&, unsigned char*) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/util/XMLUTF8Transcoder.cpp:182:13
+8 0xbd27d7e in xercesc_4_0::XMLReader::xcodeMoreChars(char16_t*, unsigned char*, unsigned int) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp:1926:34
+9 0xbd271dd in xercesc_4_0::XMLReader::refreshCharBuffer() gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp:571:19
+10 0xbd15c63 in xercesc_4_0::XMLReader::peekNextChar(char16_t&) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.hpp:767:14
+11 0xbd15aaf in xercesc_4_0::ReaderMgr::peekNextChar() gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/ReaderMgr.cpp:158:21
+12 0xbd328da in xercesc_4_0::XMLScanner::scanProlog() gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp:1241:45
+13 0xbd31ef4 in xercesc_4_0::XMLScanner::scanFirst(xercesc_4_0::InputSource const&, xercesc_4_0::XMLPScanToken&) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/internal/XMLScanner.cpp:549:9
+14 0xbdadcff in xercesc_4_0::SAX2XMLReaderImpl::parseFirst(xercesc_4_0::InputSource const&, xercesc_4_0::XMLPScanToken&) gdal/xerces-c/src/xercesc/parsers/SAX2XMLReaderImpl.cpp:500:22
+```
+Upstream: https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/commit/1bdf6d8ba878c1fe1d779824be70001fc0bebd2c
+
+Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>
+
+---
+ .../MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp    | 31 ++++++++++++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/xercesc/util/MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp b/src/xercesc/util/MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp
+index cda103226..6971fde96 100644
+--- a/src/xercesc/util/MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp
++++ b/src/xercesc/util/MsgLoaders/InMemory/InMemMsgLoader.cpp
+@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ #include <xercesc/util/BitOps.hpp>
+ #include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp>
++#include <xercesc/util/TranscodingException.hpp>
+ #include <xercesc/util/XMLMsgLoader.hpp>
+ #include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp>
+ #include <xercesc/util/XMLUni.hpp>
+@@ -153,14 +154,28 @@ bool InMemMsgLoader::loadMsg(const  XMLMsgLoader::XMLMsgId  msgToLoad
+     XMLCh* tmp4 = 0;
+     
+     bool bRet = false;
+-    if (repText1)
+-        tmp1 = XMLString::transcode(repText1, manager);
+-    if (repText2)
+-        tmp2 = XMLString::transcode(repText2, manager);
+-    if (repText3)
+-        tmp3 = XMLString::transcode(repText3, manager);
+-    if (repText4)
+-        tmp4 = XMLString::transcode(repText4, manager);
++    try
++    {
++        if (repText1)
++            tmp1 = XMLString::transcode(repText1, manager);
++        if (repText2)
++            tmp2 = XMLString::transcode(repText2, manager);
++        if (repText3)
++            tmp3 = XMLString::transcode(repText3, manager);
++        if (repText4)
++            tmp4 = XMLString::transcode(repText4, manager);
++    }
++    catch( const TranscodingException& )
++    {
++        if (tmp1)
++            manager->deallocate(tmp1);
++        if (tmp2)
++            manager->deallocate(tmp2);
++        if (tmp3)
++            manager->deallocate(tmp3);
++        // Note: tmp4 cannot leak
++        throw;
++    }
+ 
+     bRet = loadMsg(msgToLoad, toFill, maxChars, tmp1, tmp2, tmp3, tmp4, manager);
+ 
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
-- 
2.17.1



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