Fix buffer overflow in x-send-client-message

* xselect.c (x_fill_property_data): Add parameter NELEMENTS_MAX.
* xterm.h (x_fill_property_data): Update prototype.
* xselect.c (Fx_send_client_event): Update call.  This fixes
  a buffer overflow in event.xclient.data.
* xfns.c (Fx_change_window_property): Update call (bug#23482).

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c
index d56fc0ad05deeb291f11d3a64197dcac92e219da..78f977bf0aad68751924992d836271313e60a9f1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/xfns.c
+++ b/src/xfns.c
@@ -5890,7 +5890,8 @@ If WINDOW-ID is non-nil, change the property of that window instead
       elsize = element_format == 32 ? sizeof (long) : element_format >> 3;
       data = xnmalloc (nelements, elsize);
 
-      x_fill_property_data (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f), value, data, element_format);
+      x_fill_property_data (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f), value, data, nelements,
+                            element_format);
     }
   else
     {

diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index bf50c598b2a26fba9fc5f4794c1ae6a7b6899fb8..383aebf96c80d9245dd1d8e7e864dee29810b2f7 100644 (file)
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -2276,23 +2276,28 @@ x_check_property_data (Lisp_Object data)
 
    DPY is the display use to look up X atoms.
    DATA is a Lisp list of values to be converted.
-   RET is the C array that contains the converted values.  It is assumed
-   it is big enough to hold all values.
+   RET is the C array that contains the converted values.
+   NELEMENTS_MAX is the number of values that will fit in RET.
+   Any excess values in DATA are ignored.
    FORMAT is 8, 16 or 32 and denotes char/short/long for each C value to
    be stored in RET.  Note that long is used for 32 even if long is more
    than 32 bits (see man pages for XChangeProperty, XGetWindowProperty and
    XClientMessageEvent).  */
 
 void
-x_fill_property_data (Display *dpy, Lisp_Object data, void *ret, int format)
+x_fill_property_data (Display *dpy, Lisp_Object data, void *ret,
+                     int nelements_max, int format)
 {
   unsigned long val;
   unsigned long  *d32 = (unsigned long  *) ret;
   unsigned short *d16 = (unsigned short *) ret;
   unsigned char  *d08 = (unsigned char  *) ret;
+  int nelements;
   Lisp_Object iter;
 
-  for (iter = data; CONSP (iter); iter = XCDR (iter))
+  for (iter = data, nelements = 0;
+       CONSP (iter) && nelements < nelements_max;
+       iter = XCDR (iter), nelements++)
     {
       Lisp_Object o = XCAR (iter);
 
@@ -2593,7 +2598,9 @@ x_send_client_event (Lisp_Object display, Lisp_Object dest, Lisp_Object from,
   event.xclient.window = to_root ? FRAME_OUTER_WINDOW (f) : wdest;
 
   memset (event.xclient.data.l, 0, sizeof (event.xclient.data.l));
+  /* event.xclient.data can hold 20 chars, 10 shorts, or 5 longs.  */
   x_fill_property_data (dpyinfo->display, values, event.xclient.data.b,
+                        5 * 32 / event.xclient.format,
                         event.xclient.format);
 
   /* If event mask is 0 the event is sent to the client that created

diff --git a/src/xterm.h b/src/xterm.h
index bc10043c54c1eaaab844e541da80951a5683bb59..db8d58478143fe9ede6a0831d8a1ebcb66a57571 100644 (file)
--- a/src/xterm.h
+++ b/src/xterm.h
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ extern int x_check_property_data (Lisp_Object);
 extern void x_fill_property_data (Display *,
                                   Lisp_Object,
                                   void *,
+                                 int,
                                   int);
 extern Lisp_Object x_property_data_to_lisp (struct frame *,
                                             const unsigned char *,