Address sanitizer flagged stack buffer overflows in sc_loads_tests.c
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Description
I enabled the address sanitizer and it flagged
SC_LoadAts_Test_AtsEntryOverflow(void)
https://github.com/nasa/SC/blob/draco-rc5/unit-test/sc_loads_tests.c#L412
for a stack buffer overflows.
The issue, is that the function
AtsTable size is too small.
https://github.com/nasa/SC/blob/draco-rc5/unit-test/sc_loads_tests.c#L416
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Research direction
Open unit-test/sc_loads_tests.c around lines 412 and 416, starting with SC_LoadAts_Test_AtsEntryOverflow(void) and the AtsTable declaration. Run this test with AddressSanitizer to reproduce the stack buffer overflow. Done means the test no longer reports an overflow after the AtsTable size is corrected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
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