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out_s3: grow log_key buffer on JSON serialization overflow
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out_chronicle: grow log_key buffer on JSON serialization overflow
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37 changes: 30 additions & 7 deletions plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c
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Expand Up @@ -533,9 +533,12 @@ static int flb_pack_msgpack_extract_log_key(void *out_context, uint64_t bytes,
int ret;
struct flb_chronicle *ctx = out_context;
char *val_buf;
char *tmp_buf;
char *key_str = NULL;
size_t key_str_size = 0;
size_t msgpack_size = bytes + bytes / 4;
size_t new_size;
size_t avail;
size_t val_offset = 0;
flb_sds_t out_buf;
msgpack_object map;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -601,13 +604,33 @@ static int flb_pack_msgpack_extract_log_key(void *out_context, uint64_t bytes,
val_offset++;
}
else {
ret = flb_msgpack_to_json(val_buf + val_offset,
msgpack_size - val_offset, &val,
config->json_escape_unicode);
if (ret <= 0) {
flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "Could not convert log_key value to JSON");
flb_free(val_buf);
return CHRONICLE_LOG_KEY_ERROR;
/*
* Serialize the value as JSON, growing the scratch buffer
* and retrying if it does not fit, so an oversized value
* is neither truncated nor dropped.
*/
ret = -1;
while (1) {
avail = msgpack_size - val_offset;
if (avail > 1) {
ret = flb_msgpack_to_json(val_buf + val_offset,
avail, &val,
config->json_escape_unicode);
if (ret > 0) {
break;
}
}
new_size = msgpack_size * 2;
tmp_buf = flb_realloc(val_buf, new_size);
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sed -n '4515,4645p' plugins/out_s3/s3.c
printf '%s\n' '--- related capacity expressions and size limits ---'
rg -n -C 3 'bytes[[:space:]]*\+[[:space:]]*bytes[[:space:]]*/[[:space:]]*4|msgpack_size[[:space:]]*\*[[:space:]]*2|chunk.?size|buffer.?size|max.?size|SIZE_MAX|SIZE_T_MAX' plugins/out_chronicle plugins/out_s3

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rg -n -C 5 'chronicle_get_log_key|extract_log_key|log_key' plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c plugins/out_chronicle/*.h
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rg -n -C 6 's3_get_log_key|extract_log_key|log_key' plugins/out_s3/s3.c plugins/out_s3/*.h
printf '%s\n' '--- s3 size constants and validation ---'
rg -n -C 5 'MAX_CHUNKED_UPLOAD_SIZE|MAX_CHUNKED_UPLOAD_COMPRESS_SIZE|MAX_FILE_SIZE_PUT_OBJECT|total_file_size|upload_chunk_size' plugins/out_s3/s3.c plugins/out_s3/*.h
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Reject unrepresentable scratch-buffer sizes before allocation. Both extractors compute bytes + bytes / 4 and double msgpack_size without checked arithmetic. If either calculation wraps, the buffer can be smaller than the data that the extractor copies or serializes.

The S3 extractor receives event_chunk->size, not upload_chunk_size, so the configured upload limits do not bound this calculation. S3 also accumulates val_offset across records. A wrapped growth size can make the next msgpack_size - val_offset calculation wrap and pass an invalid destination pointer and length to flb_msgpack_to_json.

Reject the initial capacity when bytes + bytes / 4 is not representable. Before each flb_realloc, reject growth when msgpack_size > SIZE_MAX / 2. Apply both checks in plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c and plugins/out_s3/s3.c.

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In `@plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c` around lines 623 - 624, In the extractor
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plus one-quarter growth when it exceeds SIZE_MAX, and reject each doubling when
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these checks in plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c at lines 623-624 and
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if (tmp_buf == NULL) {
flb_errno();
flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "Could not grow buffer to "
"convert log_key value to JSON");
flb_free(val_buf);
return CHRONICLE_LOG_KEY_ERROR;
}
val_buf = tmp_buf;
msgpack_size = new_size;
}
val_offset += ret;
val_buf[val_offset] = '\0';
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43 changes: 39 additions & 4 deletions plugins/out_s3/s3.c
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Expand Up @@ -4475,9 +4475,12 @@ static flb_sds_t flb_pack_msgpack_extract_log_key(void *out_context, const char
int alloc_error = 0;
struct flb_s3 *ctx = out_context;
char *val_buf;
char *tmp_buf;
char *key_str = NULL;
size_t key_str_size = 0;
size_t msgpack_size = bytes + bytes / 4;
size_t new_size;
size_t avail;
size_t val_offset = 0;
flb_sds_t out_buf;
msgpack_object map;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4570,10 +4573,33 @@ static flb_sds_t flb_pack_msgpack_extract_log_key(void *out_context, const char
val_offset++;
}
else {
ret = flb_msgpack_to_json(val_buf + val_offset,
msgpack_size - val_offset, &val,
config->json_escape_unicode);
if (ret < 0) {
/*
* Serialize the value as JSON, growing the scratch
* buffer and retrying if it does not fit, so an
* oversized value is neither truncated nor dropped.
*/
ret = -1;
while (1) {
avail = msgpack_size - val_offset;
if (avail > 1) {
ret = flb_msgpack_to_json(val_buf + val_offset,
avail, &val,
config->json_escape_unicode);
if (ret > 0) {
break;
}
}
new_size = msgpack_size * 2;
tmp_buf = flb_realloc(val_buf, new_size);
if (tmp_buf == NULL) {
flb_errno();
alloc_error = 1;
break;
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P2 Badge Return NULL when S3 log_key growth fails

For S3 chunks using log_key, if a later non-string value needs this buffer growth and flb_realloc() fails after earlier records have already advanced val_offset, setting alloc_error only exits the decoder loop; the function then falls through and creates an SDS from the partial val_buf whenever val_offset != 0. The flush path treats that non-NULL chunk as data to upload, so the current and remaining records can be dropped while the output reports success; free the buffer and return NULL on this allocation failure instead of falling through with partial data.

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}
val_buf = tmp_buf;
msgpack_size = new_size;
}
if (alloc_error == 1) {
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break;
}
val_offset += ret;
Expand All @@ -4600,6 +4626,15 @@ static flb_sds_t flb_pack_msgpack_extract_log_key(void *out_context, const char

flb_log_event_decoder_destroy(&log_decoder);

/*
* If the scratch buffer could not be grown mid-chunk, do not return a
* partial payload: fail so the chunk can be retried as a whole.
*/
if (alloc_error == 1) {
flb_free(val_buf);
return NULL;
}

/* If nothing was read, destroy buffer */
if (val_offset == 0) {
flb_free(val_buf);
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55 changes: 44 additions & 11 deletions tests/runtime/out_chronicle.c
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Expand Up @@ -175,15 +175,45 @@ static void cb_check_format_multiple_records(void *ctx, int ffd,
flb_sds_destroy(res_data);
}

static void cb_check_format_log_key_error(void *ctx, int ffd,
int res_ret, void *res_data,
size_t res_size, void *data)
static void cb_check_format_log_key_oversized(void *ctx, int ffd,
int res_ret, void *res_data,
size_t res_size, void *data)
{
if (res_ret == 0) {
set_callback_error("log_key conversion failure was not propagated");
char *out_json = res_data;
char *p;
int count = 0;

/*
* A log_key value whose JSON form exceeds the buffer initially sized
* from the MessagePack record must now be serialized in full: the
* extraction buffer grows and retries instead of dropping or
* truncating the value.
*/
if (res_ret != 0 || out_json == NULL) {
set_callback_error("oversized log_key value should be serialized, not dropped");
flb_sds_destroy(res_data);
return;
}

if (strstr(out_json, "record one") == NULL) {
set_callback_error("first record was not found");
}
if (strstr(out_json, "record three") == NULL) {
set_callback_error("third record was not found");
}

/*
* The middle record embeds 256 escaped control characters; every one
* must survive, proving the oversized value was neither truncated nor
* dropped.
*/
p = out_json;
while ((p = strstr(p, "u0001")) != NULL) {
count++;
p += 5;
}
if (res_data != NULL || res_size != 0) {
set_callback_error("failed extraction returned a partial payload");
if (count < 256) {
set_callback_error("oversized middle record value was truncated or dropped");
}

increment_output_invoked();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -511,7 +541,7 @@ void test_format_multiple_records()
stop_and_check(ctx, 1);
}

void test_format_with_log_key_conversion_error()
void test_format_with_log_key_oversized_value()
{
flb_ctx_t *ctx;
int in_ffd, out_ffd;
Expand All @@ -536,7 +566,7 @@ void test_format_with_log_key_conversion_error()
"namespace", "tenant-a",
"label", "env production",
NULL);
flb_output_set_test(ctx, out_ffd, "formatter", cb_check_format_log_key_error, NULL, NULL);
flb_output_set_test(ctx, out_ffd, "formatter", cb_check_format_log_key_oversized, NULL, NULL);

flb_start(ctx);
clear_output_invoked();
Expand All @@ -551,7 +581,10 @@ void test_format_with_log_key_conversion_error()
snprintf(records + offset, sizeof(records) - offset,
"\"]}][3, {\"message\": \"record three\"}]");

/* The failing middle record must abort the batch, preserving it for retry. */
/*
* The oversized middle record must be serialized in full alongside its
* neighbours: the extraction buffer grows instead of dropping the value.
*/
ret = flb_lib_push(ctx, in_ffd, records, strlen(records));
TEST_CHECK(ret == strlen(records));

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -733,7 +766,7 @@ TEST_LIST = {
{ "format_no_log_key", test_format_no_log_key },
{ "format_with_log_key_found", test_format_with_log_key_found },
{ "format_with_log_key_not_found", test_format_with_log_key_not_found },
{ "format_with_log_key_conversion_error", test_format_with_log_key_conversion_error },
{ "format_with_log_key_oversized_value", test_format_with_log_key_oversized_value },
{ "format_multiple_records", test_format_multiple_records },
{ "format_partially_suceeded_records", test_format_partially_suceeded_records },
{ "format_namespace_and_labels", test_format_namespace_and_labels },
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