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-rw-r--r--src/pcache1.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/pcache1.c b/src/pcache1.c
index 72e81bb2b..5f502d57b 100644
--- a/src/pcache1.c
+++ b/src/pcache1.c
@@ -92,12 +92,22 @@ typedef struct PGroup PGroup;
** structure. Unless SQLITE_PCACHE_SEPARATE_HEADER is defined, a buffer of
** PgHdr1.pCache->szPage bytes is allocated directly before this structure
** in memory.
+**
+** Note: Variables isBulkLocal and isAnchor were once type "u8". That works,
+** but causes a 2-byte gap in the structure for most architectures (since
+** pointers must be either 4 or 8-byte aligned). As this structure is located
+** in memory directly after the associated page data, if the database is
+** corrupt, code at the b-tree layer may overread the page buffer and
+** read part of this structure before the corruption is detected. This
+** can cause a valgrind error if the unitialized gap is accessed. Using u16
+** ensures there is no such gap, and therefore no bytes of unitialized memory
+** in the structure.
*/
struct PgHdr1 {
sqlite3_pcache_page page; /* Base class. Must be first. pBuf & pExtra */
unsigned int iKey; /* Key value (page number) */
- u8 isBulkLocal; /* This page from bulk local storage */
- u8 isAnchor; /* This is the PGroup.lru element */
+ u16 isBulkLocal; /* This page from bulk local storage */
+ u16 isAnchor; /* This is the PGroup.lru element */
PgHdr1 *pNext; /* Next in hash table chain */
PCache1 *pCache; /* Cache that currently owns this page */
PgHdr1 *pLruNext; /* Next in LRU list of unpinned pages */
@@ -303,6 +313,7 @@ static int pcache1InitBulk(PCache1 *pCache){
pX->isBulkLocal = 1;
pX->isAnchor = 0;
pX->pNext = pCache->pFree;
+ pX->pLruPrev = 0; /* Initializing this saves a valgrind error */
pCache->pFree = pX;
zBulk += pCache->szAlloc;
}while( --nBulk );