NUL-terminate copied OUT parameter values - #1613
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When an OUT value filled the whole bind buffer, IvyassignOutParameters() and assign_value_internel() copied the bytes without a NUL terminator, so callers (e.g. psql's AssignBindVariable) could read past the heap allocation with strlen. Truncate to val_size - 1 and write the NUL, and terminate the full-copy path as well (which was only safe by luck of zeroed allocation when len < size). Closes IvorySQL#1612
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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change now guarantees NUL termination for normal OUT-parameter copies, but zero-sized output buffers can still make the copy length underflow and cause invalid memory access for non-empty results. Merge should be blocked until zero-sized buffers are rejected or handled safely. Possibly related PRs
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The >= comparison sent len == val_size values down the truncation path, changing the copied content (regression: testlibpq expected 23, got 0). Restore the > comparison so an exact fit keeps its original copy, and write the NUL terminator only when len < val_size leaves room for it. Truncation still reserves one byte for the terminator.
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In `@src/interfaces/libpq/ivy-exec.c`:
- Around line 2933-2934: Update the truncation comparisons in the
attribute-value and bind-variable paths to use >= instead of >, including the
checks near the full-copy and terminator writes. Ensure values exactly equal to
serbind->val_size or bindvar_size take the truncation path, copy at most size
minus one bytes, and receive a NUL terminator.
- Around line 2933-2934: Update IvybindOutParameterByPos() and
IvybindOutParameterByName() to reject val_size == 0 before registering the
output parameter, returning the existing invalid-size/error result without
storing the binding. Preserve normal registration and copy behavior for positive
buffer sizes.
- Around line 2933-2934: Preserve the existing indp calculation in both affected
copy paths, and update the termination logic around serbind->var so values whose
attrvalue->len equals val_size are null-terminated while never writing past the
destination buffer. Apply the same boundary-safe behavior at both locations.
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win
Handle exact-fit values in the truncation path.
When attrvalue->len == serbind->val_size, the full-copy path copies exactly val_size bytes. Line 2950 does not write a terminator because the comparison uses <. The same defect exists for bindvar_size at Line 3509.
Change both truncation comparisons from > to >=. Then exact-fit values will copy at most size - 1 bytes and receive a NUL terminator. This case matches the reported AddressSanitizer failure.
Proposed boundary fix
- if (attrvalue->len > serbind->val_size)
+ if (attrvalue->len >= serbind->val_size)
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- if (attrvalue->len > bindvar_size)
+ if (attrvalue->len >= bindvar_size)Also applies to: 2949-2950, 3500-3501, 3507-3509
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In `@src/interfaces/libpq/ivy-exec.c` around lines 2933 - 2934, Update the
truncation comparisons in the attribute-value and bind-variable paths to use >=
instead of >, including the checks near the full-copy and terminator writes.
Ensure values exactly equal to serbind->val_size or bindvar_size take the
truncation path, copy at most size minus one bytes, and receive a NUL
terminator.
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Reject zero-sized output buffers before registration.
IvybindOutParameterByPos() and IvybindOutParameterByName() accept val_size == 0. A non-empty byte result then underflows val_size - 1 in both copy paths and can cause an invalid memcpy() and terminator write.
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In `@src/interfaces/libpq/ivy-exec.c` around lines 2933 - 2934, Update
IvybindOutParameterByPos() and IvybindOutParameterByName() to reject val_size ==
0 before registering the output parameter, returning the existing
invalid-size/error result without storing the binding. Preserve normal
registration and copy behavior for positive buffer sizes.
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printf '%s\n' '--- all indp writes in copy routines ---'
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Keep the indp calculation and terminate exact-fit values
indp = attrvalue->len - val_size matches its documented contract. Do not change it. When attrvalue->len == val_size, both copy paths omit the terminator. Terminate exact-fit values without writing beyond the destination at lines 2933–2934 and 3500–3501.
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In `@src/interfaces/libpq/ivy-exec.c` around lines 2933 - 2934, Preserve the
existing indp calculation in both affected copy paths, and update the
termination logic around serbind->var so values whose attrvalue->len equals
val_size are null-terminated while never writing past the destination buffer.
Apply the same boundary-safe behavior at both locations.
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Summary
Fixes #1612: when an OUT parameter value is copied into the user's bind buffer,
IvyassignOutParameters()andassign_value_internel()insrc/interfaces/libpq/ivy-exec.cdid not guarantee a NUL terminator:memcpy(var, value, val_size)wrote exactlyval_sizebytes with no NUL — psql'sAssignBindVariable()then ranstrlen()past the heap allocation.len == val_sizethe buffer was also filled completely (the>comparison sent it to the full-copy branch); the NUL only existed because the caller zeroed the buffer, which fails exactly when the value fills it.The fix:
val_size - 1bytes and writes the NUL atval_size - 1(condition changed to>=so the exact-fit case is also truncated safely)len(safe sincelen < val_sizethere)Both byte-for-byte contents are unchanged except for the guaranteed terminator.
Test plan
make -C src/interfaces/libpq ivy-exec.ocompiles cleanly.Summary by CodeRabbit