bpo-36819: Fix crashes in built-in encoders with weird error handlers (…

…GH-28593)

If the error handler returns position less or equal than the starting
position of non-encodable characters, most of built-in encoders didn't
properly re-size the output buffer. This led to out-of-bounds writes,
and segfaults.

Lib/test/test_codeccallbacks.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import codecs
 import html.entities
+import itertools
 import sys
 import unicodedata
 import unittest
@@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ def handle(self, exc):
             self.pos = len(exc.object)
         return ("<?>", oldpos)
 
+class RepeatedPosReturn:
+    def __init__(self, repl="<?>"):
+        self.repl = repl
+        self.pos = 0
+        self.count = 0
+
+    def handle(self, exc):
+        if self.count > 0:
+            self.count -= 1
+            return (self.repl, self.pos)
+        return (self.repl, exc.end)
+
 # A UnicodeEncodeError object with a bad start attribute
 class BadStartUnicodeEncodeError(UnicodeEncodeError):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -783,20 +796,104 @@ def test_lookup(self):
             codecs.lookup_error("namereplace")
         )
 
-    def test_unencodablereplacement(self):
+    def test_encode_nonascii_replacement(self):
+        def handle(exc):
+            if isinstance(exc, UnicodeEncodeError):
+                return (repl, exc.end)
+            raise TypeError("don't know how to handle %r" % exc)
+        codecs.register_error("test.replacing", handle)
+
+        for enc, input, repl in (
+                ("ascii", "[¤]", "abc"),
+                ("iso-8859-1", "[€]", "½¾"),
+                ("iso-8859-15", "[¤]", "œŸ"),
+        ):
+            res = input.encode(enc, "test.replacing")
+            self.assertEqual(res, ("[" + repl + "]").encode(enc))
+
+        for enc, input, repl in (
+                ("utf-8", "[\udc80]", "\U0001f40d"),
+                ("utf-16", "[\udc80]", "\U0001f40d"),
+                ("utf-32", "[\udc80]", "\U0001f40d"),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                with self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError) as cm:
+                    input.encode(enc, "test.replacing")
+                exc = cm.exception
+                self.assertEqual(exc.start, 1)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.end, 2)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.object, input)
+
+    def test_encode_unencodable_replacement(self):
         def unencrepl(exc):
             if isinstance(exc, UnicodeEncodeError):
-                return ("\u4242", exc.end)
+                return (repl, exc.end)
             else:
                 raise TypeError("don't know how to handle %r" % exc)
         codecs.register_error("test.unencreplhandler", unencrepl)
-        for enc in ("ascii", "iso-8859-1", "iso-8859-15"):
-            self.assertRaises(
-                UnicodeEncodeError,
-                "\u4242".encode,
-                enc,
-                "test.unencreplhandler"
-            )
+
+        for enc, input, repl in (
+                ("ascii", "[¤]", "½"),
+                ("iso-8859-1", "[€]", "œ"),
+                ("iso-8859-15", "[¤]", "½"),
+                ("utf-8", "[\udc80]", "\udcff"),
+                ("utf-16", "[\udc80]", "\udcff"),
+                ("utf-32", "[\udc80]", "\udcff"),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                with self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError) as cm:
+                    input.encode(enc, "test.unencreplhandler")
+                exc = cm.exception
+                self.assertEqual(exc.start, 1)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.end, 2)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.object, input)
+
+    def test_encode_bytes_replacement(self):
+        def handle(exc):
+            if isinstance(exc, UnicodeEncodeError):
+                return (repl, exc.end)
+            raise TypeError("don't know how to handle %r" % exc)
+        codecs.register_error("test.replacing", handle)
+
+        # It works even if the bytes sequence is not decodable.
+        for enc, input, repl in (
+                ("ascii", "[¤]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("iso-8859-1", "[€]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("iso-8859-15", "[¤]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("utf-8", "[\udc80]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("utf-16le", "[\udc80]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("utf-16be", "[\udc80]", b"\xbd\xbe"),
+                ("utf-32le", "[\udc80]", b"\xbc\xbd\xbe\xbf"),
+                ("utf-32be", "[\udc80]", b"\xbc\xbd\xbe\xbf"),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                res = input.encode(enc, "test.replacing")
+                self.assertEqual(res, "[".encode(enc) + repl + "]".encode(enc))
+
+    def test_encode_odd_bytes_replacement(self):
+        def handle(exc):
+            if isinstance(exc, UnicodeEncodeError):
+                return (repl, exc.end)
+            raise TypeError("don't know how to handle %r" % exc)
+        codecs.register_error("test.replacing", handle)
+
+        input = "[\udc80]"
+        # Tests in which the replacement bytestring contains not whole number
+        # of code units.
+        for enc, repl in (
+            *itertools.product(("utf-16le", "utf-16be"),
+                               [b"a", b"abc"]),
+            *itertools.product(("utf-32le", "utf-32be"),
+                               [b"a", b"ab", b"abc", b"abcde"]),
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc, repl=repl):
+                with self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError) as cm:
+                    input.encode(enc, "test.replacing")
+                exc = cm.exception
+                self.assertEqual(exc.start, 1)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.end, 2)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.object, input)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.reason, "surrogates not allowed")
 
     def test_badregistercall(self):
         # enhance coverage of:
@@ -940,6 +1037,68 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, codecs.charmap_encode, "\xff", err, D())
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, codecs.charmap_encode, "\xff", err, {0xff: 300})
 
+    def test_decodehelper_bug36819(self):
+        handler = RepeatedPosReturn("x")
+        codecs.register_error("test.bug36819", handler.handle)
+
+        testcases = [
+            ("ascii", b"\xff"),
+            ("utf-8", b"\xff"),
+            ("utf-16be", b'\xdc\x80'),
+            ("utf-32be", b'\x00\x00\xdc\x80'),
+            ("iso-8859-6", b"\xff"),
+        ]
+        for enc, bad in testcases:
+            input = "abcd".encode(enc) + bad
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                handler.count = 50
+                decoded = input.decode(enc, "test.bug36819")
+                self.assertEqual(decoded, 'abcdx' * 51)
+
+    def test_encodehelper_bug36819(self):
+        handler = RepeatedPosReturn()
+        codecs.register_error("test.bug36819", handler.handle)
+
+        input = "abcd\udc80"
+        encodings = ["ascii", "latin1", "utf-8", "utf-16", "utf-32"]  # built-in
+        encodings += ["iso-8859-15"]  # charmap codec
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            encodings = ["mbcs", "oem"]  # code page codecs
+
+        handler.repl = "\udcff"
+        for enc in encodings:
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                handler.count = 50
+                with self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError) as cm:
+                    input.encode(enc, "test.bug36819")
+                exc = cm.exception
+                self.assertEqual(exc.start, 4)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.end, 5)
+                self.assertEqual(exc.object, input)
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            handler.count = 50
+            with self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError) as cm:
+                codecs.code_page_encode(437, input, "test.bug36819")
+            exc = cm.exception
+            self.assertEqual(exc.start, 4)
+            self.assertEqual(exc.end, 5)
+            self.assertEqual(exc.object, input)
+
+        handler.repl = "x"
+        for enc in encodings:
+            with self.subTest(encoding=enc):
+                # The interpreter should segfault after a handful of attempts.
+                # 50 was chosen to try to ensure a segfault without a fix,
+                # but not OOM a machine with one.
+                handler.count = 50
+                encoded = input.encode(enc, "test.bug36819")
+                self.assertEqual(encoded.decode(enc), "abcdx" * 51)
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            handler.count = 50
+            encoded = codecs.code_page_encode(437, input, "test.bug36819")
+            self.assertEqual(encoded[0].decode(), "abcdx" * 51)
+            self.assertEqual(encoded[1], len(input))
+
     def test_translatehelper(self):
         # enhance coverage of:
         # Objects/unicodeobject.c::unicode_encode_call_errorhandler()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-09-28-10-58-30.bpo-36819.cyV50C.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix crashes in built-in encoders with error handlers that return position
+less or equal than the starting position of non-encodable characters.

Objects/stringlib/codecs.h

@@ -387,8 +387,19 @@ STRINGLIB(utf8_encoder)(_PyBytesWriter *writer,
                 if (!rep)
                     goto error;
 
-                /* subtract preallocated bytes */
-                writer->min_size -= max_char_size * (newpos - startpos);
+                if (newpos < startpos) {
+                    writer->overallocate = 1;
+                    p = _PyBytesWriter_Prepare(writer, p,
+                                               max_char_size * (startpos - newpos));
+                    if (p == NULL)
+                        goto error;
+                }
+                else {
+                    /* subtract preallocated bytes */
+                    writer->min_size -= max_char_size * (newpos - startpos);
+                    /* Only overallocate the buffer if it's not the last write */
+                    writer->overallocate = (newpos < size);
+                }
 
                 if (PyBytes_Check(rep)) {
                     p = _PyBytesWriter_WriteBytes(writer, p,