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Fix sds overflow assert on RESTORE payload with an overflowing string length - #4733

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A RESTORE payload can declare a string length of up to 2^64-1, which is
passed to sdstrynewlen(). The size computation (initlen + hdrlen + 1)
overflows there and trips the "assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen)"
assertion, which aborts the server.

A length that large can only come from a corrupt or a crafted payload, so
make the trymalloc variant of _sdsnewlen() fail instead of asserting. The
loader already handles the failure and rejects the payload with "Bad data
format".

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A RESTORE payload can declare a string length of up to 2^64-1, which is
passed to sdstrynewlen(). The size computation (initlen + hdrlen + 1)
overflows there and trips the "assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen)"
assertion, which aborts the server.

A length that large can only come from a corrupt or a crafted payload, so
make the trymalloc variant of _sdsnewlen() fail instead of asserting. The
loader already handles the failure and rejects the payload with "Bad data
format".

Signed-off-by: Binbin <binloveplay1314@qq.com>
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The SDS allocator now returns NULL for recoverable size overflows. Corrupted RDB restore tests cover plain and LZF-encoded strings with near-SIZE_MAX lengths.

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Allocation overflow handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Conditional SDS overflow handling
src/sds.c
_sdsnewlen returns NULL when trymalloc is enabled and the allocation-size calculation overflows. The existing assertion remains for other allocations.
Corrupted RDB restore coverage
tests/integration/corrupt-dump.tcl
Tests cover plain and LZF-encoded strings with near-SIZE_MAX lengths. They verify "Bad data format", allocation failure logs, and continued PING responses.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8c414

Malformed module data can still crash valkey-check-rdb, although the affected checker workflow is narrow and the server restore paths are protected.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: preventing an assertion failure caused by an overflowing string length in a RESTORE payload.
Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately explains the overflow condition, the change to the trymalloc path, and the resulting rejection of invalid payloads.
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In `@src/sds.c`:
- Around line 100-109: In rdbLoadCheckModuleValue, guard the cleanup call so
decrRefCount(o) runs only when o is non-NULL after malformed module data causes
rdbGenericLoadStringObject to fail. Preserve the existing corruption-reporting
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Comment thread src/sds.c
Comment on lines +100 to 109
if (trymalloc) {
if (initlen + hdrlen + 1 <= initlen)
return NULL; /* Don't assert size_t overflow */
} else {
assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen); /* Catch size_t overflow */
}

sh = trymalloc ? s_trymalloc_usable(hdrlen + initlen + 1, &bufsize)
: s_malloc_usable(hdrlen + initlen + 1, &bufsize);
if (sh == NULL) return NULL;

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard the NULL module value before cleanup. Malformed module data can trigger the trymalloc overflow return, causing rdbGenericLoadStringObject to return NULL. In rdbLoadCheckModuleValue, rdbReportCorruptRDB returns in valkey-check-rdb, then unconditional decrRefCount(o) dereferences NULL and can crash the checker. Guard o before decrRefCount(o). This fixes the narrow checker crash, not a server-wide outage. Add a regression test for malformed module data.

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In `@src/sds.c` around lines 100 - 109, In rdbLoadCheckModuleValue, guard the
cleanup call so decrRefCount(o) runs only when o is non-NULL after malformed
module data causes rdbGenericLoadStringObject to fail. Preserve the existing
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The SDS overflow guard still leaves a malformed RESTORE payload accepted on supported 32-bit builds because the RDB length is narrowed before it reaches this function.

Comment thread src/sds.c Outdated

assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen); /* Catch size_t overflow */
if (trymalloc) {
if (initlen + hdrlen + 1 <= initlen)

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initlen has already been narrowed to size_t by the time this guard runs, so it cannot detect overflow of the 64-bit length read from the RDB on 32-bit builds. For example, rdbGenericLoadStringObject reads 0x100000000 into unsigned long long len, but both tryCreateStringObject(..., len) and rioRead(..., len) at src/rdb.c:644 and src/rdb.c:650 receive 0; the loader returns an empty string, and restoreCommand at src/cluster.c:272-276 accepts it without checking that the declared body was consumed. Reject len > SIZE_MAX in rdbGenericLoadStringObject before those calls, and add a 32-bit regression with a length whose low 32 bits are zero.

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 80.64%. Comparing base (1c847e8) to head (8c414db).
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Comment thread src/sds.c Outdated
assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen); /* Catch size_t overflow */
}

sh = trymalloc ? s_trymalloc_usable(hdrlen + initlen + 1, &bufsize)

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nit

The compiler is likely to do this, but it might be a good idea to do this regardless for readability,
How about we move the sh assignment to the newly declared if

if (trymalloc) {
    if (initlen + hdrlen + 1 <= initlen) return NULL; /* Don't assert size_t overflow */
    sh = s_trymalloc_usable(hdrlen + initlen + 1, &bufsize);
} else {
    assert(initlen + hdrlen + 1 > initlen); /* Catch size_t overflow */
    sh = s_malloc_usable(hdrlen + initlen + 1, &bufsize);
}

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Yes good point. I initially wanted to avoid the diff, but readability is also important.

Signed-off-by: Binbin <binloveplay1314@qq.com>
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