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…the JSON (#2774) This change fixes a bug in which BitArray.UnmarshalJSON hadn't accounted for the fact that invoking NewBitArray(<=0) returns nil and hence when dereferenced would crash with a runtime nil pointer dereference. This bug was found by my security analysis and fuzzing too. Author: @odeke-em Fixes #2658 --- #### PR checklist - [x] Tests written/updated - [x] Changelog entry added in `.changelog` (we use [unclog](https://github.com/informalsystems/unclog) to manage our changelog) - [ ] ~~Updated relevant documentation (`docs/` or `spec/`) and code comments~~ - [x] Title follows the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) spec --------- Co-authored-by: Emmanuel T Odeke <emmanuel@orijtech.com> (cherry picked from commit 75d12c3) # Conflicts: # .changelog/v0.38.3/bug-fixes/2774-bitarray-unmarshal-json.md
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…the JSON (backport cometbft#2774) (cometbft#2778) This change fixes a bug in which BitArray.UnmarshalJSON hadn't accounted for the fact that invoking NewBitArray(<=0) returns nil and hence when dereferenced would crash with a runtime nil pointer dereference. This bug was found by my security analysis and fuzzing too. Author: @odeke-em Fixes cometbft#2658 --- - [x] Tests written/updated - [x] Changelog entry added in `.changelog` (we use [unclog](https://github.com/informalsystems/unclog) to manage our changelog) - [ ] ~~Updated relevant documentation (`docs/` or `spec/`) and code comments~~ - [x] Title follows the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) spec <hr>This is an automatic backport of pull request cometbft#2774 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com). --------- Co-authored-by: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com>
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* fix(bits): prevent BitArray.UnmarshalJSON from crashing on 0 bits in the JSON (backport cometbft#2774) (cometbft#2778) This change fixes a bug in which BitArray.UnmarshalJSON hadn't accounted for the fact that invoking NewBitArray(<=0) returns nil and hence when dereferenced would crash with a runtime nil pointer dereference. This bug was found by my security analysis and fuzzing too. Author: @odeke-em Fixes cometbft#2658 --- - [x] Tests written/updated - [x] Changelog entry added in `.changelog` (we use [unclog](https://github.com/informalsystems/unclog) to manage our changelog) - [ ] ~~Updated relevant documentation (`docs/` or `spec/`) and code comments~~ - [x] Title follows the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) spec <hr>This is an automatic backport of pull request cometbft#2774 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com). --------- Co-authored-by: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com> * fix(consensus/reactor): reject oversized proposals (backport cometbft#5324) (cometbft#5407) --- Updates the consensus reactor to validate that a received proposal will not contain more parts than the amount of chunks that it would take to build a block whos size is equal to `ConsensusParams.Block.MaxBytes`. Original PR is here cometbft#5309, but reopened since the contributor stopped replying. - [ ] Tests written/updated - [ ] Changelog entry added in `.changelog` (we use [unclog](https://github.com/informalsystems/unclog) to manage our changelog) - [ ] Updated relevant documentation (`docs/` or `spec/`) and code comments <hr>This is an automatic backport of pull request cometbft#5324 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com). Co-authored-by: Alex | Interchain Labs <alex@cosmoslabs.io> Co-authored-by: arsushi <richie@asymmetric.re> Co-authored-by: Abdul Malek <me@almk.dev> Co-authored-by: Matt Acciai <matt@skip.money> Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Tyler <48813565+technicallyty@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: maradini77 <140460067+maradini77@users.noreply.github.com> * Merge commit from fork * add VaidateBasic to BitArray to ensure Bits and len(Elems) are valid * call ValidateBasic on BitArrays when receiving as a msg from exteranl nodes * enfore SetIndex is not setting out of bounds * add guard to getNumTrueIndices getNumTrueIndices will index out of bounds if Bits and Elems have a mismatch where len(elems) != (bits+63)/64, this guard makes it simply return 0 if this mismatch is present * changelog * fix missing import for v0.38.x * update changelog for release of v0.38.19 * remove duplicate bug fixes from unreleased * fix changelog date * fix lint * fix expected error string in test * add necessary test constants --------- Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Anton Kaliaev <anton.kalyaev@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Alex | Interchain Labs <alex@cosmoslabs.io> Co-authored-by: arsushi <richie@asymmetric.re> Co-authored-by: Abdul Malek <me@almk.dev> Co-authored-by: Matt Acciai <matt@skip.money> Co-authored-by: Tyler <48813565+technicallyty@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: maradini77 <140460067+maradini77@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Matt Acciai <matt@cosmoslabs.io>
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This change fixes a bug in which BitArray.UnmarshalJSON hadn't accounted for the fact that invoking NewBitArray(<=0) returns nil and hence when dereferenced would crash with a runtime nil pointer dereference. This bug was found by my security analysis and fuzzing too.
Author: @odeke-em
Fixes #2658
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.changelog(we use unclog to manage our changelog)Updated relevant documentation (docs/orspec/) and code commentsThis is an automatic backport of pull request #2774 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).