format: read object header chunks from a queue, one buffer at a time

The version-1 chunk walk nested continuation chunks depth-first and kept
every enclosing chunk's buffer alive, up to 65 536 chunks. With storage
that hands out owned buffers (CountingStorage, the Storage trait, remote
storage) a crafted chain of chunks nested in each other read and held the
square of the file's size (a 192 KB file read 768 MB).

Chunks are now read from a FIFO queue of (address, length) pairs in the
order their continuation messages are found, as H5O_protect does and as
the editor's header walker already did, each buffer released before the
next read. In both header versions a chunk starting at an address seen
before (cycle) is refused, and so are chunks adding up to more than the
file, which bounds a header's reads by the file's size. Overlap itself is
allowed: libhdf5 reads cve-2025-7067.h5, whose continuation chunk overlaps
chunk 0 (refusing overlap cost that conformance file).

Tests: the nested chain is refused having read at most the file (it read
n^2 bytes before); a 3000-chunk chain reads each chunk once; a chunk's
messages follow the whole previous chunk (they were inserted at the
continuation message); an overlapping continuation chunk is read.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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osobh
2026-09-26 18:50:23 -05:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 930921e8cb
commit a69c5be8b2
2 changed files with 218 additions and 81 deletions
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@@ -232,12 +232,14 @@ impl ObjectHeader {
/// end of the chunk, or leftover bytes too few for a message header (a
/// "gap", which only version 2 allows).
///
/// Continuation chunks are followed depth-first, as met, with an
/// explicit stack: a chain of continuation chunks as long as libhdf5
/// writes (each new chunk holding the next continuation message, one
/// per attribute added to a full header) is read without recursion.
/// A chunk address seen twice is a cycle and refused, as is a header of
/// more than [`MAX_V1_CHUNKS`] chunks.
/// Continuation chunks are read in the order their messages are found,
/// as `H5O_protect` loads them (so the messages keep libhdf5's order):
/// a queue of (address, length) pairs, each chunk read, parsed and
/// released before the next, so only one chunk buffer is alive at a
/// time whatever the storage. Every chunk must start at a new address
/// (else a cycle), and the chunks together may be no larger than the
/// file, so the bytes read stay within the file's size; a header of
/// more than [`MAX_V1_CHUNKS`] chunks is refused.
fn parse_v1_chunk<S: Storage + ?Sized>(
file: &S,
offset: u64,
@@ -246,74 +248,67 @@ impl ObjectHeader {
length_size: u8,
messages: &mut Vec<HeaderMessage>,
) -> Result<usize, FormatError> {
let mut stack = vec![(read_exact_at(file, offset, length)?, 0usize)];
let mut seen = BTreeSet::new();
seen.insert(offset);
let mut count = 0usize;
while let Some((chunk, pos)) = stack.last_mut() {
let data: &[u8] = chunk;
let mut spans = ChunkSpans::new(file.len(), offset, length)?;
let mut queue: Vec<(u64, usize)> = vec![(offset, length)];
let mut chunk0_count = 0usize;
let mut next = 0usize;
while let Some(&(chunk_offset, chunk_length)) = queue.get(next) {
let chunk = read_exact_at(file, chunk_offset, chunk_length)?;
let data: &[u8] = &chunk;
let end = data.len();
if *pos >= end {
stack.pop();
continue;
}
if end - *pos < V1_MSG_HEADER_SIZE {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"gap found in early version of file format",
));
}
let p = *pos;
let msg_type_raw = LittleEndian::read_u16(&data[p..p + 2]);
let msg_data_size = LittleEndian::read_u16(&data[p + 2..p + 4]) as usize;
let msg_flags = data[p + 4];
// reserved(3) at p+5..p+8
let p = p + V1_MSG_HEADER_SIZE;
if !msg_data_size.is_multiple_of(8) {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader("message not aligned"));
}
if msg_data_size > end - p {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"message size exceeds buffer end",
));
}
let body = &data[p..p + msg_data_size];
check_message(1, msg_type_raw, msg_flags, body, offset_size, length_size)?;
let msg_type = MessageType::from_u16(msg_type_raw);
if msg_type != MessageType::Nil {
messages.push(HeaderMessage {
msg_type,
size: msg_data_size,
flags: msg_flags,
creation_order: None,
data: body.to_vec(),
});
}
// Follow continuations (v1 continuation chunks are just raw
// messages, no signature); check_message has checked the body.
let cont = if msg_type == MessageType::ObjectHeaderContinuation {
Some((
read_offset(body, 0, offset_size)?,
to_usize(read_offset(body, offset_size as usize, length_size)?)?,
))
} else {
None
};
*pos = p + msg_data_size;
// Only the first chunk's messages are held to the prefix count.
if stack.len() == 1 {
count += 1;
}
if let Some((cont_offset, cont_length)) = cont {
if !seen.insert(cont_offset) || seen.len() > MAX_V1_CHUNKS {
return Err(FormatError::NestingDepthExceeded);
let mut pos = 0usize;
let mut count = 0usize;
while pos < end {
if end - pos < V1_MSG_HEADER_SIZE {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"gap found in early version of file format",
));
}
stack.push((read_exact_at(file, cont_offset, cont_length)?, 0));
}
}
let msg_type_raw = LittleEndian::read_u16(&data[pos..pos + 2]);
let msg_data_size = LittleEndian::read_u16(&data[pos + 2..pos + 4]) as usize;
let msg_flags = data[pos + 4];
// reserved(3) at pos+5..pos+8
pos += V1_MSG_HEADER_SIZE;
Ok(count)
if !msg_data_size.is_multiple_of(8) {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader("message not aligned"));
}
if msg_data_size > end - pos {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"message size exceeds buffer end",
));
}
let body = &data[pos..pos + msg_data_size];
check_message(1, msg_type_raw, msg_flags, body, offset_size, length_size)?;
count += 1;
let msg_type = MessageType::from_u16(msg_type_raw);
if msg_type != MessageType::Nil {
messages.push(HeaderMessage {
msg_type,
size: msg_data_size,
flags: msg_flags,
creation_order: None,
data: body.to_vec(),
});
}
// Queue continuations (v1 continuation chunks are just raw
// messages, no signature); check_message has checked the body.
if msg_type == MessageType::ObjectHeaderContinuation {
let cont_offset = read_offset(body, 0, offset_size)?;
let cont_length =
to_usize(read_offset(body, offset_size as usize, length_size)?)?;
spans.add(cont_offset, cont_length)?;
queue.push((cont_offset, cont_length));
}
pos += msg_data_size;
}
// Only the first chunk's messages are held to the prefix count.
if next == 0 {
chunk0_count = count;
}
next += 1;
}
Ok(chunk0_count)
}
fn parse_v2<S: Storage + ?Sized>(
@@ -436,15 +431,14 @@ impl ObjectHeader {
&mut continuations,
)?;
// Follow continuations. A chunk address seen twice is a cycle in
// malformed data; a valid header can have many chunks (libhdf5 adds
// one whenever a message no longer fits), up to the same bound as a
// Follow continuations, one chunk buffer at a time. A chunk address
// seen twice is a cycle in malformed data, and the chunks may add up
// to no more than the file; a valid header can have many chunks (libhdf5 adds one
// whenever a message no longer fits), up to the same bound as a
// version-1 header.
let mut seen = BTreeSet::new();
let mut spans = ChunkSpans::new(file.len(), base as u64, chunk0_msg_end.saturating_add(4))?;
while let Some((cont_offset, cont_length)) = continuations.pop() {
if !seen.insert(cont_offset) || seen.len() > MAX_V1_CHUNKS {
return Err(FormatError::NestingDepthExceeded);
}
spans.add(cont_offset as u64, cont_length)?;
Self::parse_v2_continuation(
file,
cont_offset as u64,
@@ -607,6 +601,45 @@ const V2_PREFIX_MAX: usize = 34;
/// Size of a version-1 message header: type(2) + size(2) + flags(1) + reserved(3).
const V1_MSG_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 8;
/// The chunks of one object header read so far. A chunk starting where
/// another did is a cycle. Chunks of a valid header do not overlap, so
/// together they are no larger than the file; a header whose chunks add up
/// to more is refused, which bounds what its chunks can make a reader read
/// (a crafted chain of chunks each nested in the last would otherwise read
/// the file over and over). Overlap itself is not refused: libhdf5 reads
/// such headers (`cve-2025-7067.h5` has one).
struct ChunkSpans {
starts: BTreeSet<u64>,
/// Bytes of the chunks so far, and the most they may add up to.
total: u64,
budget: u64,
}
impl ChunkSpans {
fn new(file_len: u64, start: u64, len: usize) -> Result<Self, FormatError> {
let mut s = Self {
starts: BTreeSet::new(),
total: 0,
budget: file_len,
};
s.add(start, len)?;
Ok(s)
}
fn add(&mut self, start: u64, len: usize) -> Result<(), FormatError> {
if !self.starts.insert(start) || self.starts.len() > MAX_V1_CHUNKS {
return Err(FormatError::NestingDepthExceeded);
}
self.total = self.total.saturating_add(len as u64);
if self.total > self.budget {
return Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"object header chunks larger than the file",
));
}
Ok(())
}
}
/// Most chunks a version-1 object header may have (malformed-data guard;
/// libhdf5 has no limit, and a header that gains one continuation chunk per
/// attribute added can have many).
@@ -972,6 +1005,104 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(spaces, (0..200).map(|k| k as u8).collect::<Vec<_>>());
}
/// A crafted version-1 header whose continuation chunks nest: each
/// chunk's continuation message points at the rest of that chunk. Read
/// depth-first with every enclosing chunk kept alive, from storage that
/// hands out owned buffers, it read n^2 bytes and held them all at once
/// (a 192 KB file read 768 MB). Chunks adding up to more than the file
/// are refused, and the bytes read stay within the file's size.
#[test]
fn nested_v1_continuation_chunks_are_bounded() {
use crate::storage::CountingStorage;
let n = 2000u64;
let a = 64u64;
let cont = |addr: u64, len: u64| {
let mut m = vec![0x10, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
m.extend_from_slice(&addr.to_le_bytes());
m.extend_from_slice(&len.to_le_bytes());
m
};
// Prefix: version 1, one message, reference count 1, 24 bytes.
let mut buf = vec![1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
buf.extend_from_slice(&cont(a, 24 * n));
buf.resize(a as usize, 0);
for k in 0..n {
if k + 1 < n {
buf.extend_from_slice(&cont(a + 24 * (k + 1), 24 * (n - k - 1)));
} else {
buf.extend_from_slice(&[0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
buf.extend_from_slice(&[0; 16]);
}
}
let len = buf.len() as u64;
let s = CountingStorage::new(buf);
assert!(matches!(
ObjectHeader::parse_in(&s, 0, 8, 8),
Err(FormatError::InvalidObjectHeader(
"object header chunks larger than the file"
))
));
assert!(
s.bytes_read() <= 2 * len,
"read {} of {len}",
s.bytes_read()
);
}
/// libhdf5 reads a continuation chunk that overlaps the chunk holding
/// its message (`cve-2025-7067.h5` has one), and so does this reader.
#[test]
fn overlapping_v1_continuation_chunk_is_read() {
// Chunk 0 (at 16): continuation (24 bytes), then a NIL message at
// 40; the continuation chunk is that NIL message's 8-byte header.
let mut cont = 40u64.to_le_bytes().to_vec();
cont.extend_from_slice(&8u64.to_le_bytes());
let data = build_v1_header(&[(0x0010, &cont[..], 0), (0x0000, &[][..], 0)], 8, 8);
let hdr = ObjectHeader::parse(&data, 0, 8, 8).unwrap();
assert_eq!(hdr.messages.len(), 1);
}
/// A valid chain over owned-buffer storage reads each chunk once.
#[test]
fn long_v1_chain_reads_each_chunk_once() {
use crate::storage::CountingStorage;
let data = v1_chain(3000, false);
let len = data.len() as u64;
let s = CountingStorage::new(data);
let hdr = ObjectHeader::parse_in(&s, 0, 8, 8).unwrap();
assert_eq!(
hdr.messages
.iter()
.filter(|m| m.msg_type == MessageType::Dataspace)
.count(),
3000
);
assert!(s.bytes_read() <= len, "read {} of {len}", s.bytes_read());
}
/// Continuation chunks are read in the order their messages are found
/// (libhdf5's `H5O_protect`), so a chunk's messages follow every
/// message of the chunk before, not the continuation message.
#[test]
fn v1_continuation_messages_keep_libhdf5_order() {
// Chunk 0: continuation to A, dataspace [1]; A: dataspace [2].
let a = 64u64;
let mut cont = a.to_le_bytes().to_vec();
cont.extend_from_slice(&16u64.to_le_bytes());
let mut data = build_v1_header(&[(0x0010, &cont[..], 0), (0x0001, &[1; 8][..], 0)], 8, 8);
data.resize(a as usize, 0);
data.extend_from_slice(&[1, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]);
data.extend_from_slice(&[2; 8]);
let hdr = ObjectHeader::parse(&data, 0, 8, 8).unwrap();
let spaces: Vec<u8> = hdr
.messages
.iter()
.filter(|m| m.msg_type == MessageType::Dataspace)
.map(|m| m.data[0])
.collect();
assert_eq!(spaces, [1, 2]);
}
#[test]
fn v1_continuation_cycles_are_refused() {
let data = v1_chain(5, true);