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http_server: reject wrapped negative sizes on 32-bit
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/http_server/flb_http_server.c
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Expand Up @@ -1411,7 +1411,10 @@ int flb_http_server_init_with_options(
if (options->max_decoded_body_size == 0) {
options->max_decoded_body_size = HTTP_SERVER_DEFAULT_MAX_DECODED_BODY_SIZE;
}
else if (options->max_decoded_body_size == SIZE_MAX) {
else if (options->max_decoded_body_size > (SIZE_MAX >> 1)) {

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Major · Functional Correctness · Poor tradeoff

Supported by static analysis

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Validate the signed size before converting it to size_t.

On 32-bit deployments, a positive limit of 3 GiB passes parsing but fails this check. The HTTP input then fails to start. Validate the signed value before conversion so positive limits remain valid and negative limits are rejected.

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Review comment at @src/http_server/flb_http_server.c at line 1414:
Update the validation of options->max_decoded_body_size to check the signed
value before converting it to size_t: reject negative limits, and allow positive
limits that fit in size_t, including 3 GiB on 32-bit deployments. Preserve the
existing startup behavior for values that cannot be represented as size_t.

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/* negative sizes wrap into the high half of size_t. A cast to
* int64_t only looks negative when size_t is 64-bit; on 32-bit
* it zero-extends, so compare against the sign bit instead. */
flb_error("[http server] invalid http_server.max_decoded_body_size");
return -1;
}
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions tests/internal/http_server.c
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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <fluent-bit/flb_network.h>
#include <fluent-bit/flb_pthread.h>
#include <fluent-bit/flb_socket.h>
#include <fluent-bit/flb_utils.h>
#include <fluent-bit/http_server/flb_http_server.h>
#include <fluent-bit/http_server/flb_http_server_config_map.h>
#include <fluent-bit/http_server/flb_hs.h>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -209,6 +210,17 @@ void test_http_server_rejects_invalid_decoded_body_limit()
TEST_CHECK(flb_http_server_init_with_options(&server, &options) == -1);
}

void test_http_server_rejects_negative_decoded_body_limit()
{
struct flb_http_server server;
struct flb_http_server_options options;

flb_http_server_options_init(&options);
options.max_decoded_body_size = (size_t) flb_utils_size_to_bytes("-5M");

TEST_CHECK(flb_http_server_init_with_options(&server, &options) == -1);
}

void test_http_server_options_multi_worker_magic()
{
struct flb_config *config;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1328,6 +1340,8 @@ TEST_LIST = {
{ "http_request_compression_roundtrip", test_http_request_compression_roundtrip },
{ "http_server_rejects_invalid_decoded_body_limit",
test_http_server_rejects_invalid_decoded_body_limit },
{ "http_server_rejects_negative_decoded_body_limit",
test_http_server_rejects_negative_decoded_body_limit },
{ "http_body_inflation_limit", test_http_body_inflation_limit },
{ "http_body_inflation_budget", test_http_body_inflation_budget },
{ "http1_rejects_invalid_partial_request_line", test_http1_rejects_invalid_partial_request_line },
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