java-topology/defects/cfengine/patch/cfe-0002-unique-stringset.patch
russell@unturf.com db29a08762 undefect. CWE-407 — 92 sites, 42 ecosystems
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Squash of 94 local commits onto remote master.
2026-03-26 19:48:18 -04:00

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diff --git a/libpromises/evalfunction.c b/libpromises/evalfunction.c
index a1b2c3d..f7c8d9e 100644
--- a/libpromises/evalfunction.c
+++ b/libpromises/evalfunction.c
@@ -5768,7 +5768,10 @@ static FnCallResult FnCallSetop(EvalContext *ctx,
StringSet *set_b = StringSetNew();
if (!unique_mode)
{
JsonIterator iter = JsonIteratorInit(json_b);
const JsonElement *e;
while ((e = JsonIteratorNextValueByType(&iter, JSON_ELEMENT_TYPE_PRIMITIVE, true)))
{
StringSetAdd(set_b, xstrdup(JsonPrimitiveGetAsString(e)));
}
}
+ /* CWE-407 fix for unique() mode: build a StringSet from the input first
+ * so membership checks are O(1), then emit one Rlist per unique value.
+ * The defect: when unique_mode is true, set_b is always empty, so
+ * RlistAppendScalarIdemp() falls back to walking the growing returnlist
+ * on every call — O(N) per element, O(N²) total for N input values.
+ * Fix: use a dedicated StringSet to track seen values. O(N) total. */
+ StringSet *seen = unique_mode ? StringSetNew() : NULL;
+
Rlist *returnlist = NULL;
JsonIterator iter = JsonIteratorInit(json);
const JsonElement *e;
while ((e = JsonIteratorNextValueByType(&iter, JSON_ELEMENT_TYPE_PRIMITIVE, true)))
{
const char *value = JsonPrimitiveGetAsString(e);
// Yes, this is an XOR. But it's more legible this way.
if (!unique_mode && difference_mode && StringSetContains(set_b, value))
{
continue;
}
if (!unique_mode && !difference_mode && !StringSetContains(set_b, value))
{
continue;
}
- RlistAppendScalarIdemp(&returnlist, value);
+ if (unique_mode)
+ {
+ /* O(1) hash lookup replaces the O(N) Rlist walk. */
+ if (!StringSetContains(seen, value))
+ {
+ StringSetAdd(seen, xstrdup(value));
+ RlistAppendScalar(&returnlist, value);
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* intersection / difference: set_b already deduplicates by
+ * construction; a given value can appear multiple times in
+ * json_a but set_b membership already filters correctly.
+ * Use Idemp here to preserve the previous dedup behaviour for
+ * the non-unique paths (they are not the hot path). */
+ RlistAppendScalarIdemp(&returnlist, value);
+ }
}
JsonDestroyMaybe(json, allocated);
if (json_b != NULL)
{
JsonDestroyMaybe(json_b, allocated_b);
}
+ if (seen != NULL)
+ {
+ StringSetDestroy(seen);
+ }
+
StringSetDestroy(set_b);
return (FnCallResult) { FNCALL_SUCCESS, (Rval) { returnlist, RVAL_TYPE_LIST } };
}