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NetworkManager/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.c
Thomas Haller e1ca3bf7ed shared: add nm_strerror_native() to replace strerror() and g_strerror()
We have various options for strerror(), with ups and downsides:

- strerror()

    - returns pointer that is overwritten on next call. It's convenient
      to use, but dangerous.

    - not thread-safe.

    - not guaranteed to be UTF-8.

- strerror_r()

    - takes input buffer and is less convenient to use. At least, we
      are in control of when the buffer gets overwritten.

    - there is a Posix/XSI and a glibc variant, making it sligthly
      inconvenient to used. This could be solved by a wrapper we implement.

    - thread-safe.

    - not guaranteed to be UTF-8.

- g_strerror()

    - convenient and safe to use. Also the buffer is never released for the
      remainder of the program.

    - passing untrusted error numbers to g_strerror() can result in a
      denial of service, as the internal buffer grows until out-of-memory.

    - thread-safe.

    - guaranteed to be UTF-8 (depending on locale).

Add our own wrapper nm_strerror_native(). It is:

    - convenient to use (returning a buffer that does not require
      management).

    - slightly dangerous as the buffer gets overwritten on the next call
      (like strerror()).

    - thread-safe.

    - guaranteed to be UTF-8 (depending on locale).

    - doesn't keep an unlimited cache of strings, unlike g_strerror().

You can't have it all. g_strerror() is leaking all generated error messages.
I think that is unacceptable, because it would mean we need to
keep track where our error numbers come from (and trust libraries we
use to only set a restricted set of known error numbers).
2019-02-12 08:50:28 +01:00

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/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
* Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*
* Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
*/
#include "nm-default.h"
#include "nm-errno.h"
#include <pthread.h>
/*****************************************************************************/
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_DEFINE_STATIC (_geterror,
#if 0
enum _NMErrno,
#else
int,
#endif
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_DEFAULT (NULL),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_ERRNO_SUCCESS, "NME_ERRNO_SUCCESS"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_ERRNO_OUT_OF_RANGE, "NME_ERRNO_OUT_OF_RANGE"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_UNSPEC, "NME_UNSPEC"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_BUG, "NME_BUG"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NATIVE_ERRNO, "NME_NATIVE_ERRNO"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_ATTRSIZE, "NME_NL_ATTRSIZE"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_BAD_SOCK, "NME_NL_BAD_SOCK"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_DUMP_INTR, "NME_NL_DUMP_INTR"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_MSG_OVERFLOW, "NME_NL_MSG_OVERFLOW"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_MSG_TOOSHORT, "NME_NL_MSG_TOOSHORT"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_MSG_TRUNC, "NME_NL_MSG_TRUNC"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_SEQ_MISMATCH, "NME_NL_SEQ_MISMATCH"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_NL_NOADDR, "NME_NL_NOADDR"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_NOT_FOUND, "not-found"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_EXISTS, "exists"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_WRONG_TYPE, "wrong-type"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_NOT_SLAVE, "not-slave"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_NO_FIRMWARE, "no-firmware"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_OPNOTSUPP, "not-supported"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_NETLINK, "netlink"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_STR_ITEM (NME_PL_CANT_SET_MTU, "cant-set-mtu"),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_ITEM_IGNORE (_NM_ERRNO_MININT),
NM_UTILS_LOOKUP_ITEM_IGNORE (_NM_ERRNO_RESERVED_LAST_PLUS_1),
);
/**
* nm_strerror():
* @nmerr: the NetworkManager specific errno to be converted
* to string.
*
* NetworkManager specific error numbers reserve a range in "errno.h" with
* our own defines. For numbers that don't fall into this range, the numbers
* are identical to the common error numbers.
*
* Idential to strerror(), g_strerror(), nm_strerror_native() for error numbers
* that are not in the reserved range of NetworkManager specific errors.
*
* Returns: (transfer none): the string representation of the error number.
*/
const char *
nm_strerror (int nmerr)
{
const char *s;
nmerr = nm_errno (nmerr);
if (nmerr >= _NM_ERRNO_RESERVED_FIRST) {
s = _geterror (nmerr);
if (s)
return s;
}
return nm_strerror_native (nmerr);
}
/*****************************************************************************/
/**
* nm_strerror_native_r:
* @errsv: the errno to convert to string.
* @buf: the output buffer where to write the string to.
* @buf_size: the length of buffer.
*
* This is like strerror_r(), with one difference: depending on the
* locale, the returned string is guaranteed to be valid UTF-8.
* Also, there is some confusion as to whether to use glibc's
* strerror_r() or the POXIX/XSI variant. This is abstracted
* by the function.
*
* Note that the returned buffer may also be a statically allocated
* buffer, and not the input buffer @buf. Consequently, the returned
* string may be longer than @buf_size.
*
* Returns: (transfer none): a NUL terminated error message. This is either a static
* string (that is never freed), or the provided @buf argumnt.
*/
const char *
nm_strerror_native_r (int errsv, char *buf, gsize buf_size)
{
char *buf2;
nm_assert (buf);
nm_assert (buf_size > 0);
#if (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L) && ! _GNU_SOURCE
/* XSI-compliant */
{
int errno_saved = errno;
if (strerror_r (errsv, buf, buf_size) != 0) {
g_snprintf (buf, buf_size, "Unspecified errno %d", errsv);
errno = errno_saved;
}
buf2 = buf;
}
#else
/* GNU-specific */
buf2 = strerror_r (errsv, buf, buf_size);
#endif
/* like g_strerror(), ensure that the error message is UTF-8. */
if ( !g_get_charset (NULL)
&& !g_utf8_validate (buf2, -1, NULL)) {
gs_free char *msg = NULL;
msg = g_locale_to_utf8 (buf2, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
if (msg) {
g_strlcpy (buf, msg, buf_size);
buf2 = buf;
}
}
return buf2;
}
/**
* nm_strerror_native:
* @errsv: the errno integer from <errno.h>
*
* Like strerror(), but strerror() is not thread-safe and not guaranteed
* to be UTF-8.
*
* g_strerror() is a thread-safe variant of strerror(), however it caches
* all returned strings in a dictionary. That means, using this on untrusted
* error numbers can result in this cache to grow without limits.
*
* Instead, return a tread-local buffer. This way, it's thread-safe.
*
* There is a downside to this: subsequent calls of nm_strerror_native()
* overwrite the error message.
*
* Returns: (transfer none): the text representation of the error number.
*/
const char *
nm_strerror_native (int errsv)
{
static _nm_thread_local char *buf_static = NULL;
char *buf;
buf = buf_static;
if (G_UNLIKELY (!buf)) {
int errno_saved = errno;
pthread_key_t key;
buf = g_malloc (NM_STRERROR_BUFSIZE);
buf_static = buf;
if ( pthread_key_create (&key, g_free) != 0
|| pthread_setspecific (key, buf) != 0) {
/* Failure. We will leak the buffer when the thread exits.
*
* Nothing we can do about it really. For Debug builds we fail with an assertion. */
nm_assert_not_reached ();
}
errno = errno_saved;
}
return nm_strerror_native_r (errsv, buf, NM_STRERROR_BUFSIZE);
}