util-lib: be stricter when decoding hex strings

If a hex string has an uneven length, generate an error instead of
silently assuming a trailing '0' was in place.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/hexdecoct.c b/src/basic/hexdecoct.c
index c5bda6c4d6..6843aedd0a 100644
--- a/src/basic/hexdecoct.c
+++ b/src/basic/hexdecoct.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ int unhexmem(const char *p, size_t l, void **mem, size_t *len) {
         assert(len);
         assert(p);
 
+        if (l % 2 != 0)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         z = r = malloc((l + 1) / 2 + 1);
         if (!r)
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -107,12 +110,10 @@ int unhexmem(const char *p, size_t l, void **mem, size_t *len) {
                 a = unhexchar(x[0]);
                 if (a < 0)
                         return a;
-                else if (x+1 < p + l) {
-                        b = unhexchar(x[1]);
-                        if (b < 0)
-                                return b;
-                } else
-                        b = 0;
+
+                b = unhexchar(x[1]);
+                if (b < 0)
+                        return b;
 
                 *(z++) = (uint8_t) a << 4 | (uint8_t) b;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/test-hexdecoct.c b/src/test/test-hexdecoct.c
index 276f25d091..fcae427e74 100644
--- a/src/test/test-hexdecoct.c
+++ b/src/test/test-hexdecoct.c
@@ -87,27 +87,19 @@ static void test_undecchar(void) {
 }
 
 static void test_unhexmem(void) {
-        const char *hex = "efa214921";
+        const char *hex = "efa2149213";
         const char *hex_invalid = "efa214921o";
         _cleanup_free_ char *hex2 = NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ void *mem = NULL;
         size_t len;
 
-        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex), &mem, &len) == 0);
-        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex) + 1, &mem, &len) == -EINVAL);
         assert_se(unhexmem(hex_invalid, strlen(hex_invalid), &mem, &len) == -EINVAL);
+        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex) + 1, &mem, &len) == -EINVAL);
+        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex) - 1, &mem, &len) == -EINVAL);
+        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex), &mem, &len) == 0);
 
         assert_se((hex2 = hexmem(mem, len)));
-
-        free(mem);
-
-        assert_se(memcmp(hex, hex2, strlen(hex)) == 0);
-
-        free(hex2);
-
-        assert_se(unhexmem(hex, strlen(hex) - 1, &mem, &len) == 0);
-        assert_se((hex2 = hexmem(mem, len)));
-        assert_se(memcmp(hex, hex2, strlen(hex) - 1) == 0);
+        assert_se(streq(hex, hex2));
 }
 
 /* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-10 */