[ruby-core:96086] [Ruby master Bug#10453] NUM2CHR() does not perform additional bounds checks

Issue #10453 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).

Status changed from Assigned to Rejected

See #15460.  `String#setbyte` has accepted not only 0..255 but also any integers.  Once it had been limited only to 0..255, but it caused a compatibility issue, and eventually was reverted.

I don't think that this is a good idea in terms of compatibility, unless there is a special reason to make it strict.

I tentatively close this because there is no response from OP.  If we have a response, I'd be happy to reopen.

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Bug #10453: NUM2CHR() does not perform additional bounds checks
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10453#change-82939

* Author: silverhammermba (Max Anselm)
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
* Target version: 
* ruby -v: ruby 2.1.4p265 (2014-10-27 revision 48166) [x86_64-linux]
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN
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`NUM2CHR()` just calls `rb_num2int_inline()` and masks off the high bytes. Consequently, passing any value larger than a `char` and no bigger than an `int` will return some garbage value (rather than raising `RangeError`).

To reproduce, compile and run:

~~~C
#include <ruby.h>
#include <limits.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    ruby_init();
    
    VALUE y = INT2FIX(INT_MAX);
    char z = NUM2CHR(y);
    
    printf("%hhd\n", z);
    
    return ruby_cleanup(0);
}
~~~

Expected:
Segfault from uncaught `RangeError`.

Actual:
Prints -1

---Files--------------------------------
num2chr-range-check-10453.patch (1.35 KB)


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