Example:
fuzzer.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int main() {
char src[] = "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
char *dst;
dst = malloc(10);
strcpy(dst, src);
printf("%s\n", dst);
}
Makefile:
CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-I. -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g -O2
LDFLAGS=-lopenosc
OBJ = fuzzer.o
%.o: %.c
$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
fuzzer: $(OBJ)
$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
.PHONY:clean
clean:
rm fuzzer *.o
Result:
$ make
gcc -c -o fuzzer.o fuzzer.c -I. -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g -O2 -lopenosc
fuzzer.c: In function ‘main’:
fuzzer.c:10:9: error: ‘strcpy’ writing 27 bytes into a region of size 10 [-Werror=stringop-overflow=]
10 | strcpy(dst, src);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fuzzer.c:8:15: note: destination object of size 10 allocated by ‘malloc’
8 | dst = malloc(10);
| ^~~~~~~~~~
fuzzer.c:10:9: error: ‘strcpy’ forming offset [10, 26] is out of the bounds [0, 10] [-Werror=array-bounds=]
10 | strcpy(dst, src);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [Makefile:7: fuzzer.o] Error 1
Now add -include openosc.h to CFLAGS,
Makefile:
CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-I. -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g -O2 -include openosc.h
LDFLAGS=-lopenosc
OBJ = fuzzer.o
%.o: %.c
$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
fuzzer: $(OBJ)
$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
.PHONY:clean
clean:
rm fuzzer *.o
And run make again:
$ make
gcc -c -o fuzzer.o fuzzer.c -I. -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g -O2 -include openosc.h -lopenosc
gcc -o fuzzer fuzzer.o -I. -Wall -Wextra -Werror -g -O2 -include openosc.h -lopenosc
The compile time errors have disappeared and have been moved to runtime:
$ ./fuzzer
lorem ips
$ journalctl --since "2 min ago"
Nov 20 22:24:09 archlinux-cisco fuzzer[319384]: DATACORRUPTION-DATAINCONSISTENCY: openosc 1.0.6 Copy error -Traceback= ./fuzzer +0x10bb libc.so.6+0x27cd0 libc.so.6+0x27d8a +0x1115
Using OpenOSC, we've transitioned from a program which didn't compile to an invalid program which truncates the result and reports the buffer overflow at runtime. This is opposite from what is usually desired, i.e. fail as early as possible, catch errors at compile-time rather than at runtime.
Example:
fuzzer.c:
Makefile:
Result:
Now add
-include openosc.htoCFLAGS,Makefile:
And run
makeagain:The compile time errors have disappeared and have been moved to runtime:
Using OpenOSC, we've transitioned from a program which didn't compile to an invalid program which truncates the result and reports the buffer overflow at runtime. This is opposite from what is usually desired, i.e. fail as early as possible, catch errors at compile-time rather than at runtime.