[Python-apps-team] Bug#581058: Running pylint on a file with just "import numpy" corrupts memory
Joseph Barillari
barillari at gmail.com
Mon May 10 21:51:56 UTC 2010
Package: pylint
Version: 0.20.0-1
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream security
Justification: user security hole
For the record, I'm not certain that this is a bug in pylint and not a bug in numpy. However, since I couldn't reproduce it
with pylint's stable version (pylint 0.14.0-2.2, python-logilab-astng 0.17.2-2.1, and python-logilab-common 0.30.0-2), but
_could_ reproduce it with python-numpy's stable version (1:1.1.0-3+lenny1), I believe pylint or python-logilab-common
or python-logilab-astng is the proximate cause of the bug.
Steps to reproduce:
Create a file "t.py" with the single line:
import numpy
Run pylint on this file and glibc will throw a memory corruption warning and hang:
$ /usr/bin/pylint -e t.py
No config file found, using default configuration
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/logilab/common/configuration.py:716: DeprecationWarning: "_config_parser" attribute has been renamed to "cfgfile_parser"
warn(msg, DeprecationWarning)
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: corrupted double-linked list: 0x0955c120 ***
You can also run it under gdb for a bit more detail:
jdb at slim:~/gtp$ gdb python
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Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/python2.5...done.
done.
(gdb) run /usr/bin/pylint -e t.py
Starting program: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pylint -e t.py
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
No config file found, using default configuration
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/logilab/common/configuration.py:716: DeprecationWarning: "_config_parser" attribute has been renamed to "cfgfile_parser"
warn(msg, DeprecationWarning)
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: corrupted double-linked list: 0x087f7410 ***
^C
Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
0xb7fe1424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7fe1424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7f15b63 in __lll_lock_wait_private () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686/../i486/lowlevellock.S:95
#2 0xb7eaa91d in _L_lock_9675 () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3 0xb7ea90d6 in *__GI___libc_free (mem=0x8800dc0) at malloc.c:3736
#4 0xb7ff418c in _dl_scope_free (old=0x8800dc0) at dl-open.c:175
#5 0xb7feed8f in _dl_map_object_deps (map=0x88251c0, preloads=0x0, npreloads=<value optimized out>, trace_mode=0,
open_mode=-2147483648) at dl-deps.c:668
#6 0xb7ff43e0 in dl_open_worker (a=0xbfffe7a0) at dl-open.c:326
#7 0xb7ff0186 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0xbfffe7c8, errstring=0xbfffe7c4, mallocedp=0xbfffe7cf,
operate=0xb7ff4230 <dl_open_worker>, args=0xbfffe7a0) at dl-error.c:178
#8 0xb7ff3d3e in _dl_open (file=0xb7f5c35d "libgcc_s.so.1", mode=-2147483647, caller_dlopen=0x0, nsid=-1208495168, argc=4,
argv=0xbffff4c4, env=0xbffff4d8) at dl-open.c:616
#9 0xb7f3f082 in do_dlopen (ptr=0xbfffe920) at dl-libc.c:86
#10 0xb7ff0186 in _dl_catch_error (objname=0xbfffe8fc, errstring=0xbfffe8f8, mallocedp=0xbfffe903, operate=0xb7f3f020 <do_dlopen>,
args=0xbfffe920) at dl-error.c:178
#11 0xb7f3f181 in dlerror_run (operate=<value optimized out>, args=<value optimized out>) at dl-libc.c:47
#12 0xb7f3f2ab in *__GI___libc_dlopen_mode (name=0xb7f5c35d "libgcc_s.so.1", mode=-2147483647) at dl-libc.c:160
#13 0xb7f1d238 in init () at ../sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c:44
#14 0xb7fba460 in pthread_once () at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/pthread_once.S:122
#15 0xb7f1d42d in *__GI___backtrace (array=0xbfffef00, size=64) at ../sysdeps/i386/backtrace.c:121
#16 0xb7e9a6db in __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0xb7f610e8 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n")
at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:152
#17 0xb7ea4824 in malloc_printerr (action=2, str=0xb7f5db6c "corrupted double-linked list", ptr=0x87f7410) at malloc.c:6239
#18 0xb7ea62df in _int_free (av=0xb7f7d3c0, p=0x7f741008) at malloc.c:4925
#19 0xb7ea90dd in *__GI___libc_free (mem=0x87f7538) at malloc.c:3738
#20 0xb7926819 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/core/umath.so
#21 0x08086659 in insertdict (mp=0xb794fe6c, key=0x87f7538, hash=-128066157, value=0x8146b78) at ../Objects/dictobject.c:420
#22 0x080883a2 in PyDict_SetItem (op=0x87a79bc, key=0x87be360, value=0x8146b78) at ../Objects/dictobject.c:645
#23 0x0808a3f4 in _PyModule_Clear (m=0x82acb0c) at ../Objects/moduleobject.c:136
#24 0x080df7a1 in PyImport_Cleanup () at ../Python/import.c:492
#25 0x080ea5f1 in Py_Finalize () at ../Python/pythonrun.c:399
#26 0x080e9cb7 in Py_Exit () at ../Python/pythonrun.c:1618
#27 handle_system_exit () at ../Python/pythonrun.c:1054
#28 0x080ea27d in PyErr_PrintEx (set_sys_last_vars=<value optimized out>) at ../Python/pythonrun.c:1064
#29 0x080eb2f3 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags (fp=0xbffff654, filename=0xbffff654 "/usr/bin/pylint", closeit=1, flags=0xbffff3fc)
at ../Python/pythonrun.c:883
#30 0x08059401 in Py_Main (argc=4, argv=0xbffff4c4) at ../Modules/main.c:532
#31 0x0805877b in main (argc=4, argv=0xbffff4c4) at ../Modules/python.c:23
(gdb)
By contrast, if you download to the old version of pylint and the logilab libraries described above, pylint runs without a problem:
$ /usr/bin/pylint -e t.py
No config file found, using default configuration
$
Since this bug causes memory corruption and could presumably be exploited for nefarious purposes, I marked it "grave".
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages pylint depends on:
ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-logilab-astng 0.20.0-1 rebuild a new abstract syntax tree
ii python-logilab-common 0.50.1-1 useful miscellaneous modules used
ii python-support 1.0.8 automated rebuilding support for P
Versions of packages pylint recommends:
ii python-tk 2.6.5-1 Tkinter - Writing Tk applications
pylint suggests no packages.
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