fix(runtime): guard alignment in the delegate so direct callers are covered too - #11140
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/value/addr_class.rs`:
- Line 288: Validate the receiver’s alignment in the cache lookup path before
loading `(*obj).class_id`; `is_plausible_heap_addr` does not guarantee
`ObjectHeader` alignment. Return `Lookup::Unknown` for misaligned addresses,
preserving the existing handling of plausible aligned receivers.
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| // `is_plausible_heap_addr` — but that predicate is | ||
| // `is_above_handle_band && is_valid_obj_ptr` and says nothing about | ||
| // alignment, so proving it does not transfer the guarantee. Guarding the | ||
| // delegate covers every path with one check instead of one check and one |
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Reject misaligned receivers before the cache lookup load.
is_plausible_heap_addr does not check ObjectHeader alignment. A plausible misaligned obj can therefore reach (*obj).class_id before the delegate's guard, causing undefined behavior or a debug-build abort.
Suggested fix
if !crate::value::addr_class::is_plausible_heap_addr(addr) {
return Lookup::Unknown;
}
+ if !addr.is_multiple_of(std::mem::align_of::<ObjectHeader>()) {
+ return Lookup::Unknown;
+ }
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/value/addr_class.rs` at line 288, Validate the
receiver’s alignment in the cache lookup path before loading `(*obj).class_id`;
`is_plausible_heap_addr` does not guarantee `ObjectHeader` alignment. Return
`Lookup::Unknown` for misaligned addresses, preserving the existing handling of
plausible aligned receivers.
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36892b7194added an alignment check totry_read_gc_header, closing real UB — the magnitude checks admit in-range garbage like0xABCDEF, and the deref below is a non-unwinding "misaligned pointer dereference" abort in a debug build that takes the whole test binary down.The guard went into the wrapper, but the wrapper delegates.
try_read_gc_headerchecks plausibility and then callstry_read_gc_header_known_plausible, and three sites inobject/inherited_read_cache.rs(:511,:666,:756) call that delegate directly. A guard in the wrapper's body covers the wrapper's callers and misses those three.Why the callers aren't at fault
They satisfy the delegate's documented precondition — that
is_plausible_heap_addr(addr)already holds. The precondition simply doesn't carry the guarantee:Neither term says anything about alignment. And the delegate's safety comment read "As
try_read_gc_header, plus:is_plausible_heap_addr(addr)must betrue" — which stopped being accurate the moment the alignment check landed intry_read_gc_header's body rather than in the shared predicate. The contract was correct when written and was invalidated by a later fix, which is a failure mode worth naming: a safety contract that inherits from a function whose body then gains a new obligation.The change
Move the guard into the delegate. One check now covers both entry points instead of one check and one gap.
try_read_gc_headeris unaffected in behaviour — it reaches the same guard one call deeper — and the cost is the same single AND on a path that then dereferences. The stale contract is corrected to say alignment is checked here and why it can't be hoisted into the caller's proof.Tests proven live by sabotage
Two regression tests, and I verified they can fail: removing the guard gives
0 passed; 2 failed.the_delegate_rejects_a_misaligned_in_range_address— the direct-call path this fixes. This is the load-bearing one: without a guard the failure mode is an abort, not an assertion, so it has to be refused rather than observed. The fixture asserts its own address is genuinely misaligned first, so the test can't pass vacuously.the_wrapper_also_rejects_a_misaligned_in_range_address— pins the original entry point so neither can regress silently.Validation
RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib: 4,391 passed, 0 failed.cargo fmt --all -- --checkclean.scripts/addr_class_inventory.py— the ratchet whose subject is this exact file — passes: 1,629 files scanned, 505 known sites held.Found while auditing my own landed
try_read_gc_header_known_plausible(#10651) against the newer fix, rather than by a failure.Summary by CodeRabbit