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authorMoritz Eckert <m.eckert@cs.ucsb.edu>2018-08-16 21:08:36 -0400
committerDJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>2018-08-16 21:26:16 -0400
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malloc: Mitigate null-byte overflow attacks
* malloc/malloc.c (_int_free): Check for corrupt prev_size vs size.
(malloc_consolidate): Likewise.
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diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index 9431108626..7c8bf8413c 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -4281,6 +4281,8 @@ _int_free (mstate av, mchunkptr p, int have_lock)
       prevsize = prev_size (p);
       size += prevsize;
       p = chunk_at_offset(p, -((long) prevsize));
+      if (__glibc_unlikely (chunksize(p) != prevsize))
+        malloc_printerr ("corrupted size vs. prev_size while consolidating");
       unlink(av, p, bck, fwd);
     }
 
@@ -4442,6 +4444,8 @@ static void malloc_consolidate(mstate av)
 	  prevsize = prev_size (p);
 	  size += prevsize;
 	  p = chunk_at_offset(p, -((long) prevsize));
+	  if (__glibc_unlikely (chunksize(p) != prevsize))
+	    malloc_printerr ("corrupted size vs. prev_size in fastbins");
 	  unlink(av, p, bck, fwd);
 	}