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binary parser unsafely allocates memory. #28

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groob opened this issue Apr 25, 2020 · 1 comment
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binary parser unsafely allocates memory. #28

groob opened this issue Apr 25, 2020 · 1 comment
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groob commented Apr 25, 2020

The binary plist tries to allocate a slice of arbitrary size and if it fails it tries to recover. But that doesn't actually work.

Setting 4<<20 (4 * 1024 * 1024) as an arbitrary limit until the binary parser is updated with better logic.
@groob groob changed the title OOM crash on some systems binary parser unsafely allocates memory. Apr 25, 2020
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Set size limit when allocating binary offsets.
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Fixes tests and potential real life panics, but is not ideal.
This is a temporary solution.

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Set size limit when allocating binary offsets. (#29)
526b8c3 
Fixes tests and potential real life panics, but is not ideal.
This is a temporary solution.

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Can't parse Apple MDM signup plists because of this issue.
Getting plist: offset size larger than expected 4194304

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