backport of bug #54461 from 5.1-security to 5.0-security
> revision-id: gshchepa@mysql.com-20100801181236-uyuq6ewaq43rw780 > parent: alexey.kopytov@sun.com-20100723115254-jjwmhq97b9wl932l > committer: Gleb Shchepa <gshchepa@mysql.com> > branch nick: mysql-5.1-security > timestamp: Sun 2010-08-01 22:12:36 +0400 > Bug #54461: crash with longblob and union or update with subquery > > Queries may crash, if > 1) the GREATEST or the LEAST function has a mixed list of > numeric and LONGBLOB arguments and > 2) the result of such a function goes through an intermediate > temporary table. > > An Item that references a LONGBLOB field has max_length of > UINT_MAX32 == (2^32 - 1). > > The current implementation of GREATEST/LEAST returns REAL > result for a mixed list of numeric and string arguments (that > contradicts with the current documentation, this contradiction > was discussed and it was decided to update the documentation). > > The max_length of such a function call was calculated as a > maximum of argument max_length values (i.e. UINT_MAX32). > > That max_length value of UINT_MAX32 was used as a length for > the intermediate temporary table Field_double to hold > GREATEST/LEAST function result. > > The Field_double::val_str() method call on that field > allocates a String value. > > Since an allocation of String reserves an additional byte > for a zero-termination, the size of String buffer was > set to (UINT_MAX32 + 1), that caused an integer overflow: > actually, an empty buffer of size 0 was allocated. > > An initialization of the "first" byte of that zero-size > buffer with '\0' caused a crash. > > The Item_func_min_max::fix_length_and_dec() has been > modified to calculate max_length for the REAL result like > we do it for arithmetical operators. mysql-test/r/func_misc.result: Test case for bug #54461. mysql-test/t/func_misc.test: Test case for bug #54461. sql/item_func.cc: Bug #54461: crash with longblob and union or update with subquery The Item_func_min_max::fix_length_and_dec() has been modified to calculate max_length for the REAL result like we do it for arithmetical operators.
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