(perl #133913) limit numeric format results to INT_MAX

The return value of v?snprintf() is int, and we pay attention to that
return value, so limit the expected size of numeric formats to
INT_MAX.

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 1037215..166d29b 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -4354,6 +4354,12 @@ the meantime, try using scientific notation (e.g. "1e6" instead of
 a number.  This happens, for example with C<\o{}>, with no number between
 the braces.
 
+=item Numeric format result too large
+
+(F) The length of the result of a numeric format supplied to sprintf()
+or printf() would have been too large for the underlying C function to
+report.  This limit is typically 2GB.
+
 =item Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable
 
 (W portable) The octal number you specified is larger than 2**32-1

diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index 8fbca52..8bc0af0 100644 (file)
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -13085,6 +13085,13 @@ Perl_sv_vcatpvfn_flags(pTHX_ SV *const sv, const char *const pat, const STRLEN p
            if (float_need < width)
                float_need = width;
 
+            if (float_need > INT_MAX) {
+                /* snprintf() returns an int, and we use that return value,
+                   so die horribly if the expected size is too large for int
+                */
+                Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Numeric format result too large");
+            }
+
            if (PL_efloatsize <= float_need) {
                 /* PL_efloatbuf should be at least 1 greater than
                  * float_need to allow a trailing \0 to be returned by

diff --git a/t/op/sprintf2.t b/t/op/sprintf2.t
index 84259a4..5fee8ef 100644 (file)
--- a/t/op/sprintf2.t
+++ b/t/op/sprintf2.t
@@ -1153,4 +1153,11 @@ foreach(
     is sprintf("%.0f", $_), sprintf("%-.0f", $_), "special-case %.0f on $_";
 }
 
+# large uvsize needed so the large width is parsed properly
+# large sizesize needed so the STRLEN check doesn't
+if ($Config{intsize} == 4 && $Config{uvsize} > 4 && $Config{sizesize} > 4) {
+    eval { my $x = sprintf("%7000000000E", 0) };
+    like($@, qr/^Numeric format result too large at /,
+         "croak for very large numeric format results");
+}
 done_testing();