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Mkdtemp() allocated the template buffer as length + strlen("XXXXXX"),
leaving no room for the terminating NUL byte that snprintf() writes. For
a single-byte prefix long enough to force the heap allocation path
(length + 6 > the stack-buffer threshold), snprintf() wrote the six 'X'
characters plus its NUL one byte past the end of the buffer -- a 1-byte
heap-buffer-overflow flagged by AddressSanitizer.

Allocate one extra byte for the NUL terminator, matching the + 1
already used by the sibling allocations in the same file.

Signed-off-by: frandle331-yh s1240100@gmail.com

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Comment thread src/node_file.cc Outdated
Comment on lines 3366 to 3370
BufferValue tmpl(isolate, args[0]);
static constexpr const char* const suffix = "XXXXXX";
const auto length = tmpl.length();
tmpl.AllocateSufficientStorage(length + strlen(suffix));
tmpl.AllocateSufficientStorage(length + strlen(suffix) + 1);
snprintf(tmpl.out() + length, tmpl.length(), "%s", suffix);

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This doesn't allocate the MaybeStackBuffer length correctly.

Rather than this mash of buffer/C-string styles, it would be better to copy the paradigm used eg. here:

  BufferValue tmpl(isolate, args[0]);
  const auto prefix_length = tmpl.length();
  static constexpr std::string_view suffix = "XXXXXX";
  tmpl.AllocateSufficientStorage(prefix_length + suffix.size() + 1);
  memcpy(tmpl.out() + prefix_length, suffix.data(), suffix.size());
  tmpl.SetLengthAndZeroTerminate(prefix_length + suffix.size());

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Thanks! Updated to use the MaybeStackBuffer paradigm (memcpy + SetLengthAndZeroTerminate) as suggested, so the buffer length is set correctly rather than including the extra NUL byte.

Mkdtemp() allocated the template buffer as `length + strlen("XXXXXX")`,
leaving no room for the terminating NUL byte. For a single-byte prefix
long enough to force the heap allocation path (length + 6 > the
stack-buffer threshold), the terminating NUL was written one byte past
the end of the buffer -- a 1-byte heap-buffer-overflow flagged by
AddressSanitizer.

Allocate room for the terminating NUL, copy the suffix, and use
SetLengthAndZeroTerminate to set the correct length and write the
terminator, following the MaybeStackBuffer paradigm used elsewhere in
this file.

Signed-off-by: frandle331-yh <s1240100@gmail.com>
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frandle331-yh force-pushed the fix-mkdtemp-oob-write branch from 7bcec4a to a702884 Compare July 27, 2026 20:24
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