Re: Avoid possible overflow (src/port/bsearch_arg.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid possible overflow (src/port/bsearch_arg.c)
Date: 2024-10-09 16:16:31
Message-ID: CAEudQAr8KZET1ogPnT7esb7YdYbmJyFZWo-OnP+FgoKeL+N31A@mail.gmail.com
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Em ter., 8 de out. de 2024 às 18:28, Nathan Bossart <
nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:

> On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 04:09:00PM -0300, Ranier Vilela wrote:
> > The port function *bsearch_arg* mimics the C function
> > *bsearch*.
> >
> > The API signature is:
> > void *
> > bsearch_arg(const void *key, const void *base0,
> > size_t nmemb, size_t size,
> > int (*compar) (const void *, const void *, void *),
> > void *arg)
> >
> > So, the parameter *nmemb* is size_t.
> > Therefore, a call with nmemb greater than INT_MAX is possible.
> >
> > Internally the code uses the *int* type to iterate through the number of
> > members, which makes overflow possible.
>
> I traced this back to commit bfa2cee (v14), which both moved bsearch_arg()
> to its current location and adjusted the style a bit. Your patch looks
> reasonable to me.
>
Thanks for looking.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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