Craig Small [Sun, 5 Jan 2020 04:05:55 +0000 (15:05 +1100)]
pgrep: check sanity of SC_ARG_MAX
A kernel change means we cannot trust what sysconf(SC_ARG_MAX)
returns. We clamp it so its more than 4096 and less than 128*1024
which is what findutils does.
Craig Small [Sun, 8 Dec 2019 03:56:53 +0000 (14:56 +1100)]
library: Adjust version for release
Previous release incremented the age instead of incrementing the
revision. The age can only increment if revision (internal changes
only) or current (API changes) also increments.
A C:R:A of 8.0.2 means its the latest revision of 8.0 library and
any binary linked against 8.0 will work. This is our third revision
of the 8.0 library.
Craig Small [Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:15:33 +0000 (21:15 +1100)]
docs: more Makefile updates
The install target was using the wrong directory and would throw
some errors where a language couldn't translate man pages. This
one should be hopefully more robust.
Craig Small [Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:52:21 +0000 (21:52 +1100)]
docs: Update translations
Downloaded the updated translations of the binaries and the manpages
from translation project. Then fixed the typos that caused po4a to
fail, mainly errant spaces.
Craig Small [Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:41:00 +0000 (21:41 +1100)]
build-sys: Use po4a for manpage translations
Using the newer po4a tool for manpage translations. Also removing
the manpage po file update from dist target because it should be
something the is explicitly done.
The git repository will hold the original man pages and the
po translation files. The distribution tarball will hold those
and the translated manpages. This means most people won't need po4a
as the distribution fill will have these translated manpages.
Craig Small [Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:48:50 +0000 (07:48 +1100)]
nls: Add all man pages to pot file
The previous Makefile rule would only put the first required file
into the pot file because it used $< Unfortunately, due to how
po4a tools work, its not just a simple matter of changing it to $^
and you're done, but needs a foreach loop to add -m to each manpage
file.
This is a temporary fix, after some more work looking into po4a the
unified tool (called po4a) will be used.
Jim Warner [Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: update copyright notations & fix a man page error
Beyond the copyrights, the single oops in the man page
was introduced in the commit which is referenced below
dealing with some cleanup following that Qualys audit.
Craig Small [Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:14:35 +0000 (08:14 +1100)]
snice: Fix matching on PID
@MarsChan correctly pointed out that the read() always returns 128
bytes, so skipping on >= 128 will always mean we skip. Their suggestion
was to remove the equality, but read will never go past 128 bytes so
I just removed that part of the check.
Jim Warner [Tue, 6 Aug 2019 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: avoid a potential SEGV during program termination
The backtrace shown in the bug report referenced below
illustrates a 'normal' program termination interrupted
with some signal, ultimately then causing a top crash.
So this commit just rearranges a little code such that
all signals will be blocked during that rather lengthy
end of program processing regardless of how initiated.
[ in that report, ignore the assertion regarding the ]
[ '-n' option. it obviously was not '1' since do_key ]
[ had been called, which otherwise wouldn't be true. ]
[ and when it is '1' the -d option would be ignored. ]
Jim Warner [Sat, 3 Aug 2019 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: tweak logic associated with keyboard translations
This commit most significant change is the elimination
of the kbd_ENTER entry from that tinfo_tab in iokey().
That entry was a useless artifact left from the commit
which is shown below. It makes no sense to 'translate'
a keystroke into something it already was (i.e. '\n').
The remaining changes just reorder those table entries
for a progression consistent with vim keys: h,j,k & l.
Jim Warner [Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: standardize PgUp/PgDn management within task area
This commit standardizes the behavior of the PgUp/PgDn
keys when on the main top display. With PgDn, the last
process will become the first process. With PgUp, that
first task will now appear as the last task displayed.
[ this also eliminates some quirks that were evident ]
[ when paging at or near the end of the process list ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: attempt to provide missing xterm vim keys support
A recent issue (and merge request) reminded me of gaps
in top's alternate 'vim' navigation keys support. Some
xterm emulators do not pass the customary strings when
keys were used with the <Ctrl> and/or <Alt> modifiers.
While it was a known problem, this issue/merge request
prompted research into the root cause. As it turns out
the problem is traceable to an X resource known by the
name 'eightBitInput'. When 'true' (the default), a key
pressed in combination with <Alt> will not be preceded
by the <Esc> character. Rather, a single character was
presented (modified via an 'eightBitMeta' X resource).
The following approaches would eliminate this problem:
. use: ~/.Xresources with 'Xterm*eightBitInput: false'
. build xterm with 'configure --enable-meta-sends-esc'
( apparently used for CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, etc. )
. enable xterm's menu via 'configure --enable-toolbar'
( so the user can set the 'Meta Sends Escape' option )
Of course, none of the above steps is desirable from a
user's perspective. So, this patch will add additional
entries to the iokey function's tinfo_tab to represent
strings passed when the <Alt> key does not send <Esc>.
[ hopefully they'll be the same across all platforms ]
Lastly, this patch will also eliminate those redundant
<Atl> + '\', '/', '<' & '>' provisions, which now seem
like overkill and suffer from that same 'eightBitMeta'
xterm problem. And we might as well say goodbye to the
4 '<Alt> + arrow key' table entries (which do not seem
to currently work with any emulator which I can find).
[ what in the world was I thinking way back in 2011? ]
Jim Warner [Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0600)]
library: tweak that lxc container support a final time
Since the patch referenced below traded a compile-time
'sizeof' directive for a run-time 'strlen' call, there
is no need to declare lxc patterns as explicit arrays.
We'll also use the actual lxc patterns by omitting the
beginning slashes ('/') for both of those definitions.
And, looking to the future when most/all lxc users are
using the most recent lxc release, we will make things
slightly more efficient by reversing those two pattern
literals so the most recent pattern was checked first.
Of course, such a change only benefits tasks which are
running in a container. For the majority of processes,
both literals will be compared in that 'if' statement,
assuming the 'LXC' field is currently being displayed.
[ plus, a leftover parenthesis pair has been removed ]
sysctl: do not report set key in case `close_stream` fails
As we're using buffered I/O when writing kernel parameters, write errors
may get delayed until we close the `FILE` stream. As we are currently
outputting the key that is to be set disregarding the return value of
`close_stream`, we may end up in a situation where we report error and
success:
procio: fix potential out-of-bounds access when write fails
When writing to procfs via `proc_write` fails, we try to chunk the
buffer into smaller pieces to work around that issue. When searching for
the next location to split the buffer, though, we can underflow the
buffer in case the current offset is smaller than `LINELEN`. Fix the
issue by passing `cookie->offset` instead of `LINELEN` into `memrchr` in
case `cookie->offset` is smaller than `LINELEN`.
This bug can be triggered on musl-based systems, e.g. by executing
As the value is out-of-range, `write` will return an error and set
`errno` to `EINVAL`. As we're only trying to write a smallish buffer
with a length smaller than `LINELEN` and as the buffer does not contain
any newlines, the call
procio: use the user-supplied delimiter to split large input
The `fprocopen` function allows users to specify a delimiter chacter
that is used to split very large input lines into smaller chunks. While
the code checks that the caller did actually supply the delimiter, it is
in fact never used to split the string. Instead, the hardcoded default
character ',' is always used to split the string.
I thank Guido Jäkel for raising the issue cited in the
merge request referenced below. While restoring 1 line
of code would produce the desired results, it does not
address the root cause of that problem he experienced.
The variable 'smp_num_cpus' was set by libprocps via a
sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) call. It was supposed to
represent total number of processors currently online.
It also served as the position in the Cpu_tics[] array
where the /proc/stat line #1 (cpu summary) was stored.
The variable 'Cpu_faux_tot' was valued by top based on
total individual cpus parsed from the /proc/stat file.
It serves as a fence post for Cpu_tics[] array access.
The problem Guido experienced results from a disparity
between those 2 variables, plus one instance where the
wrong variable was used in the summary_show() routine.
. Here is the real culprit, the actual incorrect code:
. summary_hlp(&Cpu_tics[Cpu_faux_tot], N_txt(WORD_a...
Which always should have been represented in this way:
. summary_hlp(&Cpu_tics[smp_num_cpus], N_txt(WORD_a...
------------------------------------------------------
The above 'disparity' might arise in any system when a
cpu is taken offline since there's a 3 second delay in
cpu and memory refreshes in an effort to reduce costs.
Usually this particular condition will be short lived.
However, there is a more persistent problem under lxc.
If a host cpu is taken offline and then brought online
again, within the container sysconf returns the proper
number of online processors. But, /proc/stat does not!
Sadly, I've yet to find a way to coax a container into
refreshing its /proc/stat, short of reboting the host.
[ might that represent a potential bug in lxc logic? ]
Jim Warner [Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0600)]
library: adapt readproc for the latest lxc conventions
The merge request shown below prompted (thankfully) an
examination of our lxc containers logic in readproc.c.
As it turns out, the lxc folks changed that eyecatcher
used to identify containers within a task cgroup file.
So this patch, with little extra cost, will enable the
libprocps lxc_containers() guy to handle both strings.
[ additionally, I was shocked to find lxc allows the ]
[ eyecatcher to be changed at ./configure time. such ]
[ a provision has always existed. unfortunately, the ]
[ changed value was only available to root, assuming ]
[ one wished to tackle that undocumented liblxc api. ]
Reference(s):
. what prompted lxc support reevaluation
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/merge_requests/82
. original lxc support introduced
commit 0557504f9cb84987f9d9038755404be017bdb7d1
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Mon, 8 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: harden management of 'Hide_pid' array allocations
While setting the size of that Hide_pid array to equal
total pids high water mark was probably safe, in truth
there is no real relationship. At some point one could
exceed that HWM if the 'v' toggle was used extensively
and at least 1 of those entries remained non-negative.
This commit simply divorces Hide_tot from the pids HWM
and bases Hide_pid array size on actual run-time need.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Mon, 1 Oct 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: enable alternate '+' placement with collapsed pid
Currently, except for tasks that have no parents, when
a process' children are collapsed the '+' indicator is
shown in the first position within that COMMAND field.
This commit simply provides for indenting the '+' char
so it displays next to that program name/command line.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: plug a minor hole in the vertical scrolling logic
In that commit referenced below, a few edge cases were
addressed regarding vertical positioning involving any
'hidden' tasks. But, 2 additional edge cases remained.
In a running top, if the user employed 'other filters'
(o/O) or 'user filters' (u/U) proper vertical position
was not ensured. And, while this could be easily fixed
by striking the home/end or up/down arrow keys, it was
very poor etiquette to shift this burden to the users.
So, this patch plugs that gap, automating the process.
Jim Warner [Tue, 21 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: a tweak to the forest view collapsed code (again)
From the outset, top has tried to provide some minimal
garbage collection in support of forest view collapse.
For example, with every 'v' keystroke, a check is made
of the currently targeted pids. If all were negative,
which means expanded, that Hide_pid array was emptied.
Recently, yet another efficiency was added wherein the
continuing scan for a targeted pid was terminated when
a match was found. But, one more inefficiency existed.
When a task which was subject to collapse under forest
view mode has disappeared (ended), repeatedly scanning
for such a pid with each iteration makes little sense.
So this commit will negate such targeted pids and thus
avoid scanning every current task looking for a match.
Then, if 'v' is ever stuck at some point in the future
there will be a chance to empty that Hide_pid[] array.
[ hopefully this will be a final tweak of the forest ]
[ view collapse stuff, but cross your fingers anyway ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: the '#define PRETEND2_5_X' was found to be broken
Our newlib branch has already dropped support for such
old kernels. However, the master branch still supports
them. So this patch will correct a broken #define that
is used to influence the top Summary Area information.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Thu, 9 Aug 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: speed up the collapsed children forest view logic
In forest view mode, once a collapsible parent process
and all of its children (if any) have been identified,
there is no longer a need to scan the remaining tasks.
So this patch will just force a new scan for any other
'Hide_pid' entries which might remain to be identified
after a targeted parent has been completely processed.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Craig Small [Wed, 8 Aug 2018 10:13:58 +0000 (20:13 +1000)]
docs: Update ps.1 to warn about command name length
Previous versions of ps used to only match on the first 15 characters
because that's what the kernel used to provide. Newer kernels have a
longer length for this field so procps has been updated to suit.
Jim Warner [Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: existing 'Inspect' pipe feature now more flexible
Currently, it isn't possible to establish an 'Inspect'
pipe that relies on SIGINT to end. That's because this
signal will also end the parent process (top) as well.
So this patch will temporarily ignore that signal when
processing any 'Inspect' pipe, allowing one like this:
Upon startup there exists the potential for some minor
memory leakage should some rcfile 'Inspect' entries be
invalid. By delaying any malloc/strdup until after the
entries are completely validated we will prevent that.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Wed, 18 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: ensure collapsed children cpu reported accurately
Parent tasks with collapsed children should have their
cpu reflect any unseen tasks only under the following:
1) When built without TREE_VCPUOFF having been defined
2) Exclusively when 'Show_FOREST' display mode was set
3) And only under the current window when in alternate
display mode (except if TREE_VWINALL has been defined)
So, this commit just ensures these objectives are met.
Reference(s):
. issue that began odyssey
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/99
. original cpu implementation
commit 3da7318683d2fea10526384e0a4368a378b486a5
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Tue, 17 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: fix the collapsed children cpu segmentation fault
While that 'Hide_cpu' value will always be zero unless
there are collapsed children, the damn array will only
be present when a window's in 'Show_FOREST' view mode.
Jim Warner [Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: '^V' is now 'v' (collapse/expand children toggle)
Using Ctrl-V for the collapse children key now appears
as a mistake. First, it's too close to that Ctrl-C key
which would prematurely terminate top. Second, a lower
case 'v' was unused and perfectly compliments an upper
case 'V' which is used to toggle 'forest view' itself.
Jim Warner [Wed, 4 Jul 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: some minor renaming, reformatting and rearranging
This commit just addresses these miscellaneous issues:
. always use 'p' for pointers to that proc_t structure
. always match order of local #undef to parent #define
. forest_create use of array index made more efficient
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Mon, 25 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: parent total cpu includes collapsed children, pgm
Now, when a parent's children have been collapsed, the
cpu used by those unseen tasks will disappear no more.
Instead such tics will be added to the parent's total.
[ if one wished a return to the 'land of lost tics', ]
[ the '#define TREE_VCPUOFF' directive is available. ]
------------------------------------------------------
Note: With collapsible parents now displaying children
cpu usage, it will eventually be noticed the cpu stats
for the summary area and task areas often vary widely.
It's worth a reminder that for top's summary area each
individual cpu and the cpu summary is limited to 100%,
regardless of how many tics a linux kernel may export.
An individual task is limited to 100% times the number
of threads. But, in no case will cpu usage ever exceed
100% times total number of processors. Such limits are
further reduced under 'Solaris' mode ('I' toggle off).
In this mode, a task cpu usage will never exceed 100%.
These limits will now also apply to collapsed parents.
In addition to those influences, results are subjected
to kernel timer sampling anomalies and the distortions
inherent in a small sample size, made worse by smaller
delay intervals. Often there is just 1 or 2 tics for a
few tasks at smaller intervals such as: 1/10th second.
Anyway, should questions on this subject arise, a good
starting point, beyond the reminders above, is the 1st
link listed below. Those other links were derivatives.
Reference(s):
. from the kernel documentation
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-load.txt
. as mentioned in the above kernel documentation
https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/12/6
. from above, with many more links on the subject
https://www.boblycat.org/~malc/apc/
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
top: parent total cpu includes collapsed children, pgm
Jim Warner [Sun, 24 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: a refactor to prepare for including collapsed cpu
So that the impact (minimal) of the next commit can be
isolated, this commit just involves a little renaming,
reformat plus a refactor of some proc_t pointer logic.
[ renaming, relocation and changes to 'user_matched' ]
[ wasn't strictly necessary, but now mirrors newlib. ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000 (12:00 -0500)]
top: a few tweaks for those scrolling (mostly) changes
This patch just addresses some edge cases with respect
to 'unseen' tasks. Given the ability to preserve other
filters in the rcfile, it's entirely possible the very
first task(s) may not be visible at top startup. Also,
when switching between windows ('a'/'w') we should try
to always position its row #1 on some visible process.
Lastly, a window might have *NO* visible tasks at all.
Therefore, protect 'window_hlp' from an infinite loop.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Robert Bowmaker [Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:07:47 +0000 (08:07 +0000)]
Fix error in vmstat documentation.
Inspection of vmstat.c and experimentation with the binary itself
both confirm that the units of the swap (si/so) fields are
controlled by the --unit option.
Jim Warner [Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: normalize vertical scrolling for hidden processes
To my knowledge, nobody has ever complained about some
anomalies when scrolling vertically if tasks should be
hidden from view. This can happen with the user filter
('u/U') or other filter ('o/O') features. And although
some tasks are not shown, they still impact scrolling.
This is most apparent when that scroll coordinates msg
is on ('C') & up/down arrow keys used (vs. pgup/pgdn).
Now that we can collapse/expand forked children, there
is a potential for yet more of those hidden processes.
So this commit normalizes vertical scrolling providing
an expected behavior. In other words, the up/down keys
skip the unseen tasks to reposition on a visible task.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Wed, 20 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: refactor the 'scroll coordinates' message support
This patch is simply preparation for upcoming vertical
scrolling enhancements. With those changes, it will be
impossible to predict what the beginning task position
should be at the time the message is currently issued.
This patch will allow such a message to be shown after
the individual windows' tasks have all been displayed.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The issue cited below really dealt with preserving the
'Other filter' criteria in the rcfile. But as an aside
the htop 'F6' feature (collapsed children) was raised.
I took that as an implied challenge and decided to try
implementing a similar feature in top. So, this commit
will now provide a brand new forest view toggle ('^V')
which will be used to collapse/expand forked children.
[ this patch will also lead to additional patches in ]
[ support of more rational vertical scrolling, since ]
[ many more tasks might now be hidden in some window ]
Reference(s):
. where this secondary issue was raised
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/issues/99
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: to prepare for collapse, move forest view support
In anticipation of a new collapsible child feature, we
will have to make some forest view variables available
to that 'keys_task()' function. This commit just moves
the forest view logic ahead of tertiary input support.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sun, 17 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: 'other filters' saved with config file, pgm logic
Well, after the rearranging and refactoring, all those
active 'other filter' entries for each window will now
be preserved in the user's configuration file via 'W'.
For raising the issue below, thanks to Marco Ippolito.
Jim Warner [Sun, 17 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: refactored some more peripheral 'inspect' support
These modifications are being made now in anticipation
of some coming 'other filter' config file changes. Our
entries must be written last to the rc file since that
is where the users have been told to 'echo' additions.
Therefore, that 'config_insp' function must be adapted
to anticipate a passed buffer that was already primed.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sun, 17 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: refactored some of that 'other filtering' support
If we are to support preserving 'other filter' entries
in the rcfile, then the current logic setting up those
osel entries for a WIN_t must be shareable for startup
and when interacting with a user. So, this commit just
repositions this current code in a shareable function.
[ along the way, we give the prior guy a proper name ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sun, 17 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: reposition some of that 'other filtering' support
When we get around to saving that 'Other Filter' stuff
in the rcfile, we'll need access to the Fieldstab plus
the justify_pad() function. So this commit repositions
two 'osel' functions in anticipation of adding 1 more.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sun, 17 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: refactor some of that configuration files support
The 'config_file()' function was getting a little long
in the tooth, so this commit simply renames/rearranges
some stuff anticipating 'other filters' in the rcfile.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Wed, 6 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: force return to row 1 for thread mode transitions
This program does a good job of policing that vertical
scrolled position, ensuring that total tasks are never
exceeded. However, during transitions from thread mode
to normal task mode (the 'H' toggle) that wasn't true.
And while there was no real harm done, it did make the
use of up/down arrow keys "appear" disabled especially
if that scroll message was not displayed ('C' toggle).
This patch simply forces a return to row #1 whenever a
user toggles that display between thread & task modes.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
As it turns out, the very first entry in the 'iokey()'
tinfo_tab was preventing the proper translation of the
simulated PgUp/PgDn keys (ctrl+meta+k/j). Ignoring the
tortured history behind the most recent change to that
entry, this patch restores the previous value and once
again properly translates these particular keystrokes.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
The current checks allow out-of-range values (for example, if
getenv/atoi returns ~-2GB, maxcmd becomes ~+2GB after the subtraction).
This is not a security problem, none of this is under an attacker's
control.
Jim Warner [Mon, 4 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: provide the means to exploit a 256-color terminal
With the Qualys security audit, we began to harden our
treatment of the top rcfile. In particular, the values
read were checked so as to prevent some malicious user
from editing it in order to achieve an evil objective.
However when it came to colors I was surprised to find
that at least one user edited the rcfile for 256-color
support. Unfortunately, our new checks prevented this.
So this commit will provide the means to exploit those
extra colors with no need to manually edit the rcfile.
Jim Warner [Fri, 1 Jun 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
library: tweak that change to 'supgrps_from_supgids()'
It's good that those Qualys folks were looking over my
shoulder. They suggested a change to that commit shown
below. This improvement was obviously a better choice.
Following that patch referenced below, the top SUPGRPS
field would produce a segmentation fault and ps SUPGRP
would often show "(null)". Such problems resulted from
some faulty logic in the status2proc() routine dealing
with 'Groups' (supgid) which served as a source field.
For many processes the original code produced an empty
string which prevented conversion to the expected "-".
Moreover, prior to release 3.3.15 such an empty string
will become 0 after strtol() which pwcache_get_group()
translates to 'root' yielding very misleading results.
So, now we'll check for empty '/proc/#/status/Groups:'
fields & consistently provide a "-" value for callers.
[ we'll also protect against future problems in that ]
[ new qualys logic by always ensuring valid 'supgrp' ]
[ pointers - logic which revealed our original flaw! ]
Reference(s):
. original qualys patch
0071-proc-readproc.c-Harden-supgrps_from_supgids.patch
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Fri, 25 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: sanitized some potentially corrupt 'Inspect' data
This guards against rcfile 'Inspect' entries which may
include non-printable characters. While this shouldn't
occur, we have no real control over those crazy users.
[ and, while such data can't be used maliciously, it ]
[ does adversely impact such a user's screen display ]
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Thu, 24 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: prevent buffer overruns in 'inspection_utility()'
When a Qualys patch was reverted as being unwarranted,
1 specific problem their patch had, in fact, prevented
was re-introduced. This patch corrects that oversight.
Jim Warner [Wed, 23 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: add another field sanity check in 'config_file()'
Until the Qualys security audit I had never considered
it a possibility that some malicious person might edit
the top config file to achieve some nefarious results.
And while the Qualys approach tended to concentrate on
the symptoms from such an effort, subsequent revisions
more properly concentrated on startup and that rcfile.
This commit completes those efforts with 1 more field.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Jim Warner [Sun, 20 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000 (00:00 -0500)]
top: don't mess with groff line length in man document
I've long since forgotten why the attempt to influence
groff line lengths was made. However, I did receive an
email regarding problems formatting postscript output.
Hopefully this patch will eliminate any such problems.
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
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