1 // MallocOverflowSecurityChecker.cpp - Check for malloc overflows -*- C++ -*-=//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This checker detects a common memory allocation security flaw.
10 // Suppose 'unsigned int n' comes from an untrusted source. If the
11 // code looks like 'malloc (n * 4)', and an attacker can make 'n' be
12 // say MAX_UINT/4+2, then instead of allocating the correct 'n' 4-byte
13 // elements, this will actually allocate only two because of overflow.
14 // Then when the rest of the program attempts to store values past the
15 // second element, these values will actually overwrite other items in
16 // the heap, probably allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
17 //
18 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
19 
20 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/BuiltinCheckerRegistration.h"
21 #include "clang/AST/EvaluatedExprVisitor.h"
22 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
23 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
24 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/AnalysisManager.h"
25 #include "llvm/ADT/APSInt.h"
26 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
27 #include <utility>
28 
29 using namespace clang;
30 using namespace ento;
31 using llvm::APSInt;
32 
33 namespace {
34 struct MallocOverflowCheck {
35   const BinaryOperator *mulop;
36   const Expr *variable;
37   APSInt maxVal;
38 
MallocOverflowCheck__anoncc7865a10111::MallocOverflowCheck39   MallocOverflowCheck(const BinaryOperator *m, const Expr *v, APSInt val)
40       : mulop(m), variable(v), maxVal(std::move(val)) {}
41 };
42 
43 class MallocOverflowSecurityChecker : public Checker<check::ASTCodeBody> {
44 public:
45   void checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager &mgr,
46                         BugReporter &BR) const;
47 
48   void CheckMallocArgument(
49     SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> &PossibleMallocOverflows,
50     const Expr *TheArgument, ASTContext &Context) const;
51 
52   void OutputPossibleOverflows(
53     SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> &PossibleMallocOverflows,
54     const Decl *D, BugReporter &BR, AnalysisManager &mgr) const;
55 
56 };
57 } // end anonymous namespace
58 
59 // Return true for computations which evaluate to zero: e.g., mult by 0.
EvaluatesToZero(APSInt & Val,BinaryOperatorKind op)60 static inline bool EvaluatesToZero(APSInt &Val, BinaryOperatorKind op) {
61   return (op == BO_Mul) && (Val == 0);
62 }
63 
CheckMallocArgument(SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> & PossibleMallocOverflows,const Expr * TheArgument,ASTContext & Context) const64 void MallocOverflowSecurityChecker::CheckMallocArgument(
65   SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> &PossibleMallocOverflows,
66   const Expr *TheArgument,
67   ASTContext &Context) const {
68 
69   /* Look for a linear combination with a single variable, and at least
70    one multiplication.
71    Reject anything that applies to the variable: an explicit cast,
72    conditional expression, an operation that could reduce the range
73    of the result, or anything too complicated :-).  */
74   const Expr *e = TheArgument;
75   const BinaryOperator * mulop = nullptr;
76   APSInt maxVal;
77 
78   for (;;) {
79     maxVal = 0;
80     e = e->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
81     if (const BinaryOperator *binop = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(e)) {
82       BinaryOperatorKind opc = binop->getOpcode();
83       // TODO: ignore multiplications by 1, reject if multiplied by 0.
84       if (mulop == nullptr && opc == BO_Mul)
85         mulop = binop;
86       if (opc != BO_Mul && opc != BO_Add && opc != BO_Sub && opc != BO_Shl)
87         return;
88 
89       const Expr *lhs = binop->getLHS();
90       const Expr *rhs = binop->getRHS();
91       if (rhs->isEvaluatable(Context)) {
92         e = lhs;
93         maxVal = rhs->EvaluateKnownConstInt(Context);
94         if (EvaluatesToZero(maxVal, opc))
95           return;
96       } else if ((opc == BO_Add || opc == BO_Mul) &&
97                  lhs->isEvaluatable(Context)) {
98         maxVal = lhs->EvaluateKnownConstInt(Context);
99         if (EvaluatesToZero(maxVal, opc))
100           return;
101         e = rhs;
102       } else
103         return;
104     }
105     else if (isa<DeclRefExpr>(e) || isa<MemberExpr>(e))
106       break;
107     else
108       return;
109   }
110 
111   if (mulop == nullptr)
112     return;
113 
114   //  We've found the right structure of malloc argument, now save
115   // the data so when the body of the function is completely available
116   // we can check for comparisons.
117 
118   // TODO: Could push this into the innermost scope where 'e' is
119   // defined, rather than the whole function.
120   PossibleMallocOverflows.push_back(MallocOverflowCheck(mulop, e, maxVal));
121 }
122 
123 namespace {
124 // A worker class for OutputPossibleOverflows.
125 class CheckOverflowOps :
126   public EvaluatedExprVisitor<CheckOverflowOps> {
127 public:
128   typedef SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> theVecType;
129 
130 private:
131     theVecType &toScanFor;
132     ASTContext &Context;
133 
isIntZeroExpr(const Expr * E) const134     bool isIntZeroExpr(const Expr *E) const {
135       if (!E->getType()->isIntegralOrEnumerationType())
136         return false;
137       Expr::EvalResult Result;
138       if (E->EvaluateAsInt(Result, Context))
139         return Result.Val.getInt() == 0;
140       return false;
141     }
142 
getDecl(const DeclRefExpr * DR)143     static const Decl *getDecl(const DeclRefExpr *DR) { return DR->getDecl(); }
getDecl(const MemberExpr * ME)144     static const Decl *getDecl(const MemberExpr *ME) {
145       return ME->getMemberDecl();
146     }
147 
148     template <typename T1>
Erase(const T1 * DR,llvm::function_ref<bool (const MallocOverflowCheck &)> Pred)149     void Erase(const T1 *DR,
150                llvm::function_ref<bool(const MallocOverflowCheck &)> Pred) {
151       auto P = [DR, Pred](const MallocOverflowCheck &Check) {
152         if (const auto *CheckDR = dyn_cast<T1>(Check.variable))
153           return getDecl(CheckDR) == getDecl(DR) && Pred(Check);
154         return false;
155       };
156       toScanFor.erase(std::remove_if(toScanFor.begin(), toScanFor.end(), P),
157                       toScanFor.end());
158     }
159 
CheckExpr(const Expr * E_p)160     void CheckExpr(const Expr *E_p) {
161       auto PredTrue = [](const MallocOverflowCheck &) { return true; };
162       const Expr *E = E_p->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
163       if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E))
164         Erase<DeclRefExpr>(DR, PredTrue);
165       else if (const auto *ME = dyn_cast<MemberExpr>(E)) {
166         Erase<MemberExpr>(ME, PredTrue);
167       }
168     }
169 
170     // Check if the argument to malloc is assigned a value
171     // which cannot cause an overflow.
172     // e.g., malloc (mul * x) and,
173     // case 1: mul = <constant value>
174     // case 2: mul = a/b, where b > x
CheckAssignmentExpr(BinaryOperator * AssignEx)175     void CheckAssignmentExpr(BinaryOperator *AssignEx) {
176       bool assignKnown = false;
177       bool numeratorKnown = false, denomKnown = false;
178       APSInt denomVal;
179       denomVal = 0;
180 
181       // Erase if the multiplicand was assigned a constant value.
182       const Expr *rhs = AssignEx->getRHS();
183       if (rhs->isEvaluatable(Context))
184         assignKnown = true;
185 
186       // Discard the report if the multiplicand was assigned a value,
187       // that can never overflow after multiplication. e.g., the assignment
188       // is a division operator and the denominator is > other multiplicand.
189       const Expr *rhse = rhs->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
190       if (const BinaryOperator *BOp = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(rhse)) {
191         if (BOp->getOpcode() == BO_Div) {
192           const Expr *denom = BOp->getRHS()->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
193           Expr::EvalResult Result;
194           if (denom->EvaluateAsInt(Result, Context)) {
195             denomVal = Result.Val.getInt();
196             denomKnown = true;
197           }
198           const Expr *numerator = BOp->getLHS()->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
199           if (numerator->isEvaluatable(Context))
200             numeratorKnown = true;
201         }
202       }
203       if (!assignKnown && !denomKnown)
204         return;
205       auto denomExtVal = denomVal.getExtValue();
206 
207       // Ignore negative denominator.
208       if (denomExtVal < 0)
209         return;
210 
211       const Expr *lhs = AssignEx->getLHS();
212       const Expr *E = lhs->IgnoreParenImpCasts();
213 
214       auto pred = [assignKnown, numeratorKnown,
215                    denomExtVal](const MallocOverflowCheck &Check) {
216         return assignKnown ||
217                (numeratorKnown && (denomExtVal >= Check.maxVal.getExtValue()));
218       };
219 
220       if (const DeclRefExpr *DR = dyn_cast<DeclRefExpr>(E))
221         Erase<DeclRefExpr>(DR, pred);
222       else if (const auto *ME = dyn_cast<MemberExpr>(E))
223         Erase<MemberExpr>(ME, pred);
224     }
225 
226   public:
VisitBinaryOperator(BinaryOperator * E)227     void VisitBinaryOperator(BinaryOperator *E) {
228       if (E->isComparisonOp()) {
229         const Expr * lhs = E->getLHS();
230         const Expr * rhs = E->getRHS();
231         // Ignore comparisons against zero, since they generally don't
232         // protect against an overflow.
233         if (!isIntZeroExpr(lhs) && !isIntZeroExpr(rhs)) {
234           CheckExpr(lhs);
235           CheckExpr(rhs);
236         }
237       }
238       if (E->isAssignmentOp())
239         CheckAssignmentExpr(E);
240       EvaluatedExprVisitor<CheckOverflowOps>::VisitBinaryOperator(E);
241     }
242 
243     /* We specifically ignore loop conditions, because they're typically
244      not error checks.  */
VisitWhileStmt(WhileStmt * S)245     void VisitWhileStmt(WhileStmt *S) {
246       return this->Visit(S->getBody());
247     }
VisitForStmt(ForStmt * S)248     void VisitForStmt(ForStmt *S) {
249       return this->Visit(S->getBody());
250     }
VisitDoStmt(DoStmt * S)251     void VisitDoStmt(DoStmt *S) {
252       return this->Visit(S->getBody());
253     }
254 
CheckOverflowOps(theVecType & v,ASTContext & ctx)255     CheckOverflowOps(theVecType &v, ASTContext &ctx)
256     : EvaluatedExprVisitor<CheckOverflowOps>(ctx),
257       toScanFor(v), Context(ctx)
258     { }
259   };
260 }
261 
262 // OutputPossibleOverflows - We've found a possible overflow earlier,
263 // now check whether Body might contain a comparison which might be
264 // preventing the overflow.
265 // This doesn't do flow analysis, range analysis, or points-to analysis; it's
266 // just a dumb "is there a comparison" scan.  The aim here is to
267 // detect the most blatent cases of overflow and educate the
268 // programmer.
OutputPossibleOverflows(SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> & PossibleMallocOverflows,const Decl * D,BugReporter & BR,AnalysisManager & mgr) const269 void MallocOverflowSecurityChecker::OutputPossibleOverflows(
270   SmallVectorImpl<MallocOverflowCheck> &PossibleMallocOverflows,
271   const Decl *D, BugReporter &BR, AnalysisManager &mgr) const {
272   // By far the most common case: nothing to check.
273   if (PossibleMallocOverflows.empty())
274     return;
275 
276   // Delete any possible overflows which have a comparison.
277   CheckOverflowOps c(PossibleMallocOverflows, BR.getContext());
278   c.Visit(mgr.getAnalysisDeclContext(D)->getBody());
279 
280   // Output warnings for all overflows that are left.
281   for (CheckOverflowOps::theVecType::iterator
282        i = PossibleMallocOverflows.begin(),
283        e = PossibleMallocOverflows.end();
284        i != e;
285        ++i) {
286     BR.EmitBasicReport(
287         D, this, "malloc() size overflow", categories::UnixAPI,
288         "the computation of the size of the memory allocation may overflow",
289         PathDiagnosticLocation::createOperatorLoc(i->mulop,
290                                                   BR.getSourceManager()),
291         i->mulop->getSourceRange());
292   }
293 }
294 
checkASTCodeBody(const Decl * D,AnalysisManager & mgr,BugReporter & BR) const295 void MallocOverflowSecurityChecker::checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D,
296                                              AnalysisManager &mgr,
297                                              BugReporter &BR) const {
298 
299   CFG *cfg = mgr.getCFG(D);
300   if (!cfg)
301     return;
302 
303   // A list of variables referenced in possibly overflowing malloc operands.
304   SmallVector<MallocOverflowCheck, 2> PossibleMallocOverflows;
305 
306   for (CFG::iterator it = cfg->begin(), ei = cfg->end(); it != ei; ++it) {
307     CFGBlock *block = *it;
308     for (CFGBlock::iterator bi = block->begin(), be = block->end();
309          bi != be; ++bi) {
310       if (Optional<CFGStmt> CS = bi->getAs<CFGStmt>()) {
311         if (const CallExpr *TheCall = dyn_cast<CallExpr>(CS->getStmt())) {
312           // Get the callee.
313           const FunctionDecl *FD = TheCall->getDirectCallee();
314 
315           if (!FD)
316             continue;
317 
318           // Get the name of the callee. If it's a builtin, strip off the prefix.
319           IdentifierInfo *FnInfo = FD->getIdentifier();
320           if (!FnInfo)
321             continue;
322 
323           if (FnInfo->isStr ("malloc") || FnInfo->isStr ("_MALLOC")) {
324             if (TheCall->getNumArgs() == 1)
325               CheckMallocArgument(PossibleMallocOverflows, TheCall->getArg(0),
326                                   mgr.getASTContext());
327           }
328         }
329       }
330     }
331   }
332 
333   OutputPossibleOverflows(PossibleMallocOverflows, D, BR, mgr);
334 }
335 
registerMallocOverflowSecurityChecker(CheckerManager & mgr)336 void ento::registerMallocOverflowSecurityChecker(CheckerManager &mgr) {
337   mgr.registerChecker<MallocOverflowSecurityChecker>();
338 }
339 
shouldRegisterMallocOverflowSecurityChecker(const CheckerManager & mgr)340 bool ento::shouldRegisterMallocOverflowSecurityChecker(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
341   return true;
342 }
343