From 639a2c36f3a52f206d9b408ffc4580edc05f1392 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mihai Moldovan <ïonic@ionic.de> Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 15:52:50 +0000 Subject: nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.h: fix stack smashing related to different data type sizes between Xserver and Xlib. While on the X server side we were expecting a 32bit value, the Xlib side in nxcompext wrote a 64bit integer to the 32bit location, hence overwriting "random" data on the stack (most notably the return adress.) We can work around this by using the Xlib-based Window data type on the server-side as well, but this problem is likely a more general one. Calling functions from libcompext in nxagent sounds like a bad idea. Other code locations might well be affected by issues alike to that as well. In order to silence compiler warnings, use a "macro hack" for overriding the "Window" type in NXlib.h. --- nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c') diff --git a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c index cadb8e58a..1beff090b 100644 --- a/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c +++ b/nx-X11/programs/Xserver/hw/nxagent/Handlers.c @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ #include "Screen.h" #include "Millis.h" +#define Window XlibWindow #include +#undef Window + #include /* @@ -956,7 +959,24 @@ void nxagentShadowWakeupHandler(void * data, int count, void * mask) void nxagentHandleCollectInputFocusEvent(int resource) { - Window window; + /* + * While we don't even need window or revert_to later on, a discrepancy in + * data type sizes between the X server (Window being a 32bit ID) and + * the Xlib (Window being a 64bit ID) will lead to stack corruption here. + * Calling functions from nxcompext from nxagent sounds like a very bad idea + * to begin with, but let's assume that's necessary for now and work around + * the corruption issue. + * + * Even though the NXlib header shows that the function expects a Window-sized + * parameter, it's not the Window type as defined and used within the X.Org + * Server, but an Xlib type. Hence, we'll be using the "XlibWindow" type here + * and to avoid compiler warnings, "rewrite" the NXlib.h header file via + * overriding the original "Window" type with the XlibWindow type, including + * the header file and undefining the macro again, essentially unshadowing + * the original type. + */ + XlibWindow window; + int revert_to; if (NXGetCollectedInputFocus(nxagentDisplay, resource, &window, &revert_to) == 0) -- cgit v1.2.3