[Python-checkins] gh-96577: Fixes buffer overrun in _msi module (GH-96633)

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Wed Sep 7 13:01:45 EDT 2022


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4114bcc9ef7595a07196bcecf9c7d6d39f57f64d
commit: 4114bcc9ef7595a07196bcecf9c7d6d39f57f64d
branch: main
author: Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>
committer: zooba <steve.dower at microsoft.com>
date: 2022-09-07T18:01:35+01:00
summary:

gh-96577: Fixes buffer overrun in _msi module (GH-96633)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-09-07-00-11-33.gh-issue-96577.kV4K_1.rst
M PC/_msi.c

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-09-07-00-11-33.gh-issue-96577.kV4K_1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-09-07-00-11-33.gh-issue-96577.kV4K_1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6025e5ce413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2022-09-07-00-11-33.gh-issue-96577.kV4K_1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes a potential buffer overrun in :mod:`msilib`.
diff --git a/PC/_msi.c b/PC/_msi.c
index 3f50f9b8845..3686b9bb6f2 100644
--- a/PC/_msi.c
+++ b/PC/_msi.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ msierror(int status)
     int code;
     char buf[2000];
     char *res = buf;
-    DWORD size = sizeof(buf);
+    DWORD size = Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(buf);
     MSIHANDLE err = MsiGetLastErrorRecord();
 
     if (err == 0) {
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ _msi_Record_GetString_impl(msiobj *self, unsigned int field)
     unsigned int status;
     WCHAR buf[2000];
     WCHAR *res = buf;
-    DWORD size = sizeof(buf);
+    DWORD size = Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(buf);
     PyObject* string;
 
     status = MsiRecordGetStringW(self->h, field, res, &size);



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