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Title: Avoid memcpy(. . ., NULL, 0) etc calls
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: ctypes, Interpreter Core Versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.5, Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: benjamin.peterson, martin.panter, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2016-07-19 02:57 by martin.panter, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
memcpy-null.patch martin.panter, 2016-07-19 02:57 review
memcpy-null.v2.patch martin.panter, 2016-07-24 07:25 review
memcpy-null.v3.patch martin.panter, 2016-08-03 05:31 review
Messages (7)
msg270806 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-07-19 02:57
This patch fixes errors reported by GCC’s undefined behaviour sanitizer about calling functions with a null pointer:

./configure CC="gcc -fsanitize=undefined"

Using Issue 22605 as a precedent, I propose to avoid calling memcpy() and memmove() for zero-length copies when there may be a null pointer.
msg271135 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-07-24 07:25
V2 patch adds another fix, uncovered by recent datetime tests:

>>> a = array("B")
>>> a[:] = a
/media/disk/home/proj/python/cpython/Modules/arraymodule.c:748:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
/media/disk/home/proj/python/cpython/Modules/arraymodule.c:748:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 2, which is declared to never be null
msg271874 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-08-03 05:31
Patch 3 fixes some more cases I found in the array module:

>>> a + a
Modules/arraymodule.c:809:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
Modules/arraymodule.c:809:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 2, which is declared to never be null
Modules/arraymodule.c:810:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
Modules/arraymodule.c:810:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 2, which is declared to never be null
array('B')
>>> a * 3
Modules/arraymodule.c:840:9: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
Modules/arraymodule.c:840:9: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 2, which is declared to never be null
array('B')
>>> a += a
Modules/arraymodule.c:952:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null
Modules/arraymodule.c:952:5: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 2, which is declared to never be null

I wondered if there is a good argument for fixing these, or if it is only a theoretical problem. Apparently GCC can do optimizations about null pointer tests: <https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/porting_to.html>. I don’t think any of the cases I found are instances of this problem, but I think fixing them helps keep the UB sanitizer output clean, so any errors causing practical behaviour problems will be easier to find.
msg274701 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-09-07 02:15
Looks like revisions 5f3f6f1fb73a and ec537f9f468f may have fixed the listobject cases.

Also 66feda02f2a5 looks relevant. Benjamin, maybe you are interested in other bits of my patches :)
msg274708 - (view) Author: Benjamin Peterson (benjamin.peterson) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-09-07 02:29
Sorry I missed this. The changes which I didn't already make look good. :)
msg274917 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2016-09-07 23:42
New changeset e231dcad3a9b by Martin Panter in branch '3.5':
Issue #27570: Avoid zero-length memcpy() calls with null source pointers
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e231dcad3a9b

New changeset 2d0fb659372c by Martin Panter in branch 'default':
Issue #27570: Merge null pointer fixes from 3.5
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2d0fb659372c
msg274969 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2016-09-08 05:42
New changeset d465da1e5902 by Martin Panter in branch '2.7':
Issue #27570: Avoid zero-length memcpy() calls with null source pointers
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d465da1e5902
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:34adminsetgithub: 71757
2016-09-08 06:11:34martin.pantersetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2016-09-08 05:42:53python-devsetmessages: + msg274969
2016-09-07 23:42:52python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
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2016-09-07 02:29:50benjamin.petersonsetmessages: + msg274708
2016-09-07 02:15:15martin.pantersetnosy: + benjamin.peterson
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2016-08-03 05:31:36martin.pantersetfiles: + memcpy-null.v3.patch

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