Fix(LDAPObject): Prevent search attrlist memory error #555
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Add tests test_valid_attrlist_parameter_types and test_invalid_attrlist_parameter_types which test the behaviour when passing different Python types. All iterables which return only strings should pass, everything else should raise a TypeError.
tiran
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Jan 9, 2024
Function `PySequence_Length` can return -1 on iterables like `dict`. The following PyMem_NEW still succeeds due `PyMem_NEW(char *, -1 + 1)` being equivalent to `char** PyMem_Malloc(1)`, which then can result in a segmentation fault later on. Solution: Use `seq` and `PySequence_Size` to determine the size of the sequence. This way any iterable which contains only strings can be used. Co-authored-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
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Problem
Providing a dictionary to
attrlist(LDAPObject.search_ext) results in a memory error.See Issue #556
Root cause
Function
PySequence_Lengthcan return -1 on iterables likedict. The following PyMem_NEW still succeeds duePyMem_NEW(char *, -1 + 1)being equivalent tochar** PyMem_Malloc(1), which then can result in asegmentation fault later on.
Solution
The expected behavior should be either a raised
TypeErroror that any iterable which contains only strings can be passed.Commit e18c567 enables the latter which is in itself very unlikely to break anything. I would actually prefer to raise a
TypeErrorin the C extension on encountering a dictionary as it is most likely an error on the callers side, maybe we can add that later.The fix in e18c567 is to use
seqandPySequence_Fast_GET_SIZEto determine the size of the sequence. This way any iterable which contains only strings can be used. I added two tests in a1bdf47 which will fail without the fix in e18c567.