{
int fd;
+ /* This call is deprecated, and it has a broken interface. New code
+ * should use the 'guestfs_write' call instead. Because we used an
+ * XDR string type, 'content' cannot contain ASCII NUL and 'size'
+ * must never be longer than the string. We must check this to
+ * ensure random stuff from XDR or daemon memory isn't written to
+ * the file (RHBZ#597135).
+ */
+ if (size < 0) {
+ reply_with_error ("size cannot be negative");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* Note content_len must be small because of the limits on protocol
+ * message size.
+ */
+ int content_len = (int) strlen (content);
+
if (size == 0)
- size = strlen (content);
+ size = content_len;
+ else if (size > content_len) {
+ reply_with_error ("size parameter is larger than string content");
+ return -1;
+ }
CHROOT_IN;
fd = open (path, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_NOCTTY, 0666);
C<guestfs_part_init>");
("write_file", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; String "content"; Int "size"]), 44, [ProtocolLimitWarning; DeprecatedBy "write"],
- [],
+ (* Regression test for RHBZ#597135. *)
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestLastFail
+ [["write_file"; "/new"; "abc"; "10000"]]],
"create a file",
"\
This call creates a file called C<path>. The contents of the