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chgnrdv opened this issue Jul 7, 2023 · 2 comments · Fixed by #106525
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_sre.template crashes in case of negative or non-integer group index #106524

chgnrdv opened this issue Jul 7, 2023 · 2 comments · Fixed by #106525
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chgnrdv commented Jul 7, 2023 •
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_sre.template crashes if template argument contains group index that is negative or not an int instance.
Examples:

>>> import _sre
>>> _sre.template("", ["", -1, ""])
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>> _sre.template("", ["", (), ""])
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

In _sre_template_impl part of self->items remains uninitialized if call to PyLong_AsSsize_t returns negative value or fails with exception. Then attempt to clear self->items[i].literal in template_clear leads to dereferencing of uninitialized pointer.

Not sure if this worth fixing, since _sre.template is an internal implementation detail that is used only in _compile_template function, where it accepts only (I guess) correct templates created in _parser.parse_template function, and additional checks/initialization can affect its performance. But I'll submit a PR anyway.

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In Windows with 3.12.0b3 installed, I just get 'TypeError: invalid template'

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chgnrdv commented Jul 7, 2023

@terryjreedy, sorry, I should have mentioned that Python needs to be build in debug mode, or with ASAN enabled.

serhiy-storchaka pushed a commit that referenced this issue Jul 8, 2023
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gh-106524: Fix a crash in _sre.template() (GH-106525)
2ef1dc3 
Some items remained uninitialized if _sre.template() was called with invalid
indices. Then attempt to clear them in the destructor led to dereferencing
of uninitialized pointer.
@bedevere-bot bedevere-bot mentioned this issue Jul 8, 2023
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serhiy-storchaka pushed a commit that referenced this issue Jul 8, 2023
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[3.12] gh-106524: Fix a crash in _sre.template() (GH-106525) (GH-106544)
8fdb058 
Some items remained uninitialized if _sre.template() was called with invalid
indices. Then attempt to clear them in the destructor led to dereferencing
of uninitialized pointer.
(cherry picked from commit 2ef1dc3)

Co-authored-by: Radislav Chugunov <[email protected]>
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gh-106524: Zero template items before initializing them in _sre.template
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