git: c3904a7de78c - main - diff: Fix pagination leak
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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:45:48 UTC
The branch main has been updated by des:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c3904a7de78ca1ca15fcdf4c09f9d4be7f6fe6f5
commit c3904a7de78ca1ca15fcdf4c09f9d4be7f6fe6f5
Author: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-02-05 14:39:53 +0000
Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-02-05 14:39:53 +0000
diff: Fix pagination leak
* Drop an unnecessary variable and rename pidfd to procd.
* Rewinding stdout serves no purpose, so stop doing it.
* Don't bother freeing memory or setting the global status right
before erroring out.
* Error out if dup(2) or dup2(2) fail.
* In the unlikely case that our pipe is equal to stdout, we need to
record that information so we don't close it when cleaning up.
* Don't bother closing a descriptor before dup2(2)ing to it.
* Don't forget to close the the process descriptor after reaping the
child process.
PR: 266592
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
Reviewed by: kevans, markj
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55112
---
usr.bin/diff/pr.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
usr.bin/diff/pr.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/usr.bin/diff/pr.c b/usr.bin/diff/pr.c
index f254fbab28b7..189e6b34649e 100644
--- a/usr.bin/diff/pr.c
+++ b/usr.bin/diff/pr.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct pr *
start_pr(char *file1, char *file2)
{
int pfd[2];
- int pr_pd;
pid_t pid;
char *header;
struct pr *pr;
@@ -55,13 +54,10 @@ start_pr(char *file1, char *file2)
xasprintf(&header, "%s %s %s", diffargs, file1, file2);
signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
fflush(stdout);
- rewind(stdout);
if (pipe(pfd) == -1)
err(2, "pipe");
- switch ((pid = pdfork(&pr_pd, PD_CLOEXEC))) {
+ switch ((pid = pdfork(&pr->procd, PD_CLOEXEC))) {
case -1:
- status |= 2;
- free(header);
err(2, "No more processes");
case 0:
/* child */
@@ -73,15 +69,17 @@ start_pr(char *file1, char *file2)
execl(_PATH_PR, _PATH_PR, "-h", header, (char *)0);
_exit(127);
default:
- pr->pidfd = pr_pd;
/* parent */
- if (pfd[1] != STDOUT_FILENO) {
- pr->ostdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
- dup2(pfd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+ if (pfd[1] == STDOUT_FILENO) {
+ pr->ostdout = STDOUT_FILENO;
+ } else {
+ if ((pr->ostdout = dup(STDOUT_FILENO)) < 0 ||
+ dup2(pfd[1], STDOUT_FILENO) < 0) {
+ err(2, "stdout");
+ }
close(pfd[1]);
}
close(pfd[0]);
- rewind(stdout);
free(header);
}
return (pr);
@@ -98,14 +96,14 @@ stop_pr(struct pr *pr)
fflush(stdout);
if (pr->ostdout != STDOUT_FILENO) {
- close(STDOUT_FILENO);
dup2(pr->ostdout, STDOUT_FILENO);
close(pr->ostdout);
}
- while (pdwait(pr->pidfd, &wstatus, WEXITED, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
+ while (pdwait(pr->procd, &wstatus, WEXITED, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
if (errno != EINTR)
err(2, "pdwait");
}
+ close(pr->procd);
free(pr);
if (WIFEXITED(wstatus) && WEXITSTATUS(wstatus) != 0)
errx(2, "pr exited abnormally");
diff --git a/usr.bin/diff/pr.h b/usr.bin/diff/pr.h
index b2ff7e5d6798..e6abad4466a6 100644
--- a/usr.bin/diff/pr.h
+++ b/usr.bin/diff/pr.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
struct pr {
int ostdout;
- int pidfd;
+ int procd;
};
struct pr *start_pr(char *file1, char *file2);