Add new build option to not abort when we dont own a pointer, and build target that enables it

struct · struct · commit dac6058ab99a · 2026-03-14T14:52:28.000-04:00
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ NAMED_MAPPINGS = -DNAMED_MAPPINGS=0
 ## Abort when the allocator cannot return a valid chunk
 ABORT_ON_NULL = -DABORT_ON_NULL=0
 
+## Abort when we detect a pointer not owned by IsoAlloc
+## Recommend setting this to 0 when using LD_PRELOAD
+ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR = -DABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR=1
+
 ## Enable protection against misusing 0 sized allocations
 NO_ZERO_ALLOCATIONS = -DNO_ZERO_ALLOCATIONS=1
 
@@ -316,7 +320,7 @@ BUILD_ERROR_FLAGS := $(BUILD_ERROR_FLAGS) -Wno-attributes -Wno-unused-variable
 endif
 CFLAGS += $(COMMON_CFLAGS) $(DISABLE_CANARY) $(BUILD_ERROR_FLAGS) $(HOOKS) $(HEAP_PROFILER) -fvisibility=hidden \
 	-std=$(STDC) $(SANITIZER_SUPPORT) $(ALLOC_SANITY) $(MEMCPY_SANITY) $(UNINIT_READ_SANITY) $(CPU_PIN) $(SCHED_GETCPU) \
-	$(EXPERIMENTAL) $(UAF_PTR_PAGE) $(VERIFY_FREE_BIT_SLOTS) $(NAMED_MAPPINGS) $(ABORT_ON_NULL) $(NO_ZERO_ALLOCATIONS) \
+	$(EXPERIMENTAL) $(UAF_PTR_PAGE) $(VERIFY_FREE_BIT_SLOTS) $(NAMED_MAPPINGS) $(ABORT_ON_NULL) $(ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR) $(NO_ZERO_ALLOCATIONS) \
 	$(ABORT_NO_ENTROPY) $(ISO_DTOR_CLEANUP) $(RANDOMIZE_FREELIST) $(USE_SPINLOCK) $(HUGE_PAGES) ${THP_PAGES} $(USE_MLOCK) \
 	$(MEMORY_TAGGING) $(STRONG_SIZE_ISOLATION) $(MEMSET_SANITY) $(AUTO_CTOR_DTOR) $(SIGNAL_HANDLER) \
 	$(BIG_ZONE_META_DATA_GUARD) $(BIG_ZONE_GUARD) $(PROTECT_UNUSED_BIG_ZONE) $(MASK_PTRS) $(SANITIZE_CHUNKS) $(FUZZ_MODE) \
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ GDB_FLAGS = -g -ggdb3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 PERF_FLAGS = -pg -DPERF_TEST_BUILD=1
 LIBRARY = -fPIC -shared
 SRC_DIR = src
-C_SRCS = $(SRC_DIR)/*.c
+C_SRCS = $(filter-out $(SRC_DIR)/malloc_hook.c, $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.c))
 CXX_SRCS = $(SRC_DIR)/*.cpp
 ISO_ALLOC_PRINTF_SRC = $(SRC_DIR)/iso_alloc_printf.c
 BUILD_DIR = build
@@ -342,6 +346,16 @@ library: clean
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBRARY) $(OPTIMIZE) $(OS_FLAGS) $(C_SRCS) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIBNAME)
 	$(STRIP)
 
+## Build a release library suitable for LD_PRELOAD use.
+## ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR=0 silently drops pointers not owned by isoalloc
+## (e.g. those allocated by libc before the isoalloc constructor fires)
+## instead of aborting. All other flags are identical to 'library'.
+library_perf: ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR = -DABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR=0
+library_perf: clean
+	@echo "make library_perf"
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LIBRARY) $(OPTIMIZE) $(OS_FLAGS) $(C_SRCS) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIBNAME)
+	$(STRIP)
+
 ## Build a debug version of the library
 library_debug: clean
 	@echo "make library debug"
@@ -410,6 +424,7 @@ tests: clean library_debug_unit_tests
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXE_CFLAGS) $(DEBUG_LOG_FLAGS) $(GDB_FLAGS) $(OS_FLAGS) tests/pool_test.c $(ISO_ALLOC_PRINTF_SRC) -o $(BUILD_DIR)/pool_test $(LDFLAGS)
 	utils/run_tests.sh
 
+
 mte_test: clean
 	@echo "make mte_test"
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(C_SRCS) $(DEBUG_LOG_FLAGS) $(GDB_FLAGS) $(EXE_CFLAGS) $(OS_FLAGS) tests/tests.c -o $(BUILD_DIR)/tests
diff --git a/include/iso_alloc_hook.h b/include/iso_alloc_hook.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* iso_alloc_hook.h - A secure memory allocator
+ * Copyright 2023 - chris.rohlf@gmail.com */
+
+#pragma once
+
+/* Use direct function aliasing on GCC >= 9 and Clang >= 10.
+ * This makes malloc/free/calloc/realloc etc. linker-level aliases
+ * for their iso_ counterparts rather than thin wrapper functions.
+ *
+ * Benefits over wrapper functions:
+ *  - copy(fun) propagates all function attributes (malloc, alloc_size,
+ *    nothrow, etc.) from the iso_ target to the exported public symbol
+ *  - No wrapper call overhead; same code, two symbol names
+ *
+ * Falls back to inline wrapper bodies on older compilers.
+ *
+ * Note: alias() targets must live in the same final DSO. Both
+ * malloc_hook.c and iso_alloc_interfaces.c are compiled into
+ * libisoalloc.so, so the linker resolves the alias within the DSO. */
+
+#if !defined(__APPLE__) && ((defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 9) || (defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ >= 10))
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattributes"
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattribute-alias"
+#endif
+#define ISO_FORWARD(fun) __attribute__((alias(#fun), used, visibility("default"), copy(fun)));
+#define ISO_FORWARD0(fun, x)       ISO_FORWARD(fun)
+#define ISO_FORWARD1(fun, x)       ISO_FORWARD(fun)
+#define ISO_FORWARD2(fun, x, y)    ISO_FORWARD(fun)
+#define ISO_FORWARD3(fun, x, y, z) ISO_FORWARD(fun)
+#else
+#define ISO_FORWARD0(fun, x)       { fun(x); }
+#define ISO_FORWARD1(fun, x)       { return fun(x); }
+#define ISO_FORWARD2(fun, x, y)    { return fun(x, y); }
+#define ISO_FORWARD3(fun, x, y, z) { return fun(x, y, z); }
+#endif
diff --git a/src/iso_alloc.c b/src/iso_alloc.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,11 @@ INTERNAL_HIDDEN void _iso_free_size(void *p, size_t size) {
         iso_alloc_big_zone_t *big_zone = iso_find_big_zone(p, true);
 
         if(UNLIKELY(big_zone == NULL)) {
+#if ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR
             LOG_AND_ABORT("Could not find any zone for allocation at 0x%p", p);
+#else
+            return;
+#endif
         }
 
         if(UNLIKELY(big_zone->size < size)) {
@@ -1631,7 +1635,12 @@ INTERNAL_HIDDEN void _iso_free_size(void *p, size_t size) {
     iso_alloc_zone_t *zone = iso_find_zone_range(p);
 
     if(UNLIKELY(zone == NULL)) {
+#if ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR
         LOG_AND_ABORT("Could not find zone for 0x%p", p);
+#else
+        UNLOCK_ROOT();
+        return;
+#endif
     }
 
     /* We can't check for an exact size match because
@@ -1724,7 +1733,11 @@ INTERNAL_HIDDEN iso_alloc_zone_t *_iso_free_internal_unlocked(void *p, bool perm
         iso_alloc_big_zone_t *big_zone = iso_find_big_zone(p, true);
 
         if(UNLIKELY(big_zone == NULL)) {
+#if ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR
             LOG_AND_ABORT("Could not find any zone for allocation at 0x%p", p);
+#else
+            return NULL;
+#endif
         }
 
         iso_free_big_zone(big_zone, permanent);
@@ -2044,15 +2057,18 @@ INTERNAL_HIDDEN size_t _iso_chunk_size(void *p) {
 
     LOCK_ROOT();
 
-    /* We cannot return NULL here, we abort instead */
     iso_alloc_zone_t *zone = iso_find_zone_range(p);
 
     if(UNLIKELY(zone == NULL)) {
         UNLOCK_ROOT();
         iso_alloc_big_zone_t *big_zone = iso_find_big_zone(p, false);
 
         if(UNLIKELY(big_zone == NULL)) {
+#if ABORT_ON_UNOWNED_PTR
             LOG_AND_ABORT("Could not find any zone for allocation at 0x%p", p);
+#else
+            return 0;
+#endif
         }
 
         return big_zone->size;
diff --git a/src/iso_alloc_interfaces.c b/src/iso_alloc_interfaces.c
@@ -319,3 +319,9 @@ EXTERNAL_API FLATTEN void iso_alloc_search_stack(void *p) {
     _iso_alloc_search_stack(p);
 }
 #endif
+
+/* Include malloc hooks here so alias targets (iso_alloc, iso_free, etc.)
+ * are defined in the same translation unit. See malloc_hook.c for details. */
+#define ISO_IN_INTERFACES_C
+#include "malloc_hook.c"
+#undef ISO_IN_INTERFACES_C
diff --git a/src/malloc_hook.c b/src/malloc_hook.c
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 /* malloc_hook.c - Provides low level hooks for malloc/free
  * Copyright 2023 - chris.rohlf@gmail.com */
 
-#include "iso_alloc.h"
-#include "iso_alloc_internal.h"
+/* This file must be included from iso_alloc_interfaces.c so that
+ * alias targets (iso_alloc, iso_free, etc.) are defined in the same
+ * translation unit. When compiled directly the guard
+ * below produces an empty translation unit with no effect. */
+#if !defined(ISO_IN_INTERFACES_C)
+#error "malloc_hook.c must be included from iso_alloc_interfaces.c (so aliases can work)"
+#endif
+
+#include "iso_alloc_hook.h"
 
 /* The MALLOC_HOOK configuration allows us to hook the usual
  * malloc interfaces and redirect them to the iso_alloc API.
@@ -13,45 +20,31 @@
  */
 #if MALLOC_HOOK
 
-EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_malloc(size_t s) {
-    return iso_alloc(s);
-}
+/* malloc/free/calloc/realloc and their __libc_ variants are
+ * direct linker aliases for the iso_ equivalents on GCC >= 9
+ * and Clang >= 10 (see iso_alloc_hook.h). This propagates all
+ * function attributes (malloc, alloc_size, nothrow, etc.) from
+ * the iso_ symbol to the exported symbol via copy(fun), and
+ * eliminates the wrapper call entirely.
+ *
+ * Functions with differing signatures or custom logic (posix_memalign,
+ * aligned_alloc, memalign, malloc_size, malloc_good_size) remain
+ * as wrapper functions. */
 
-EXTERNAL_API void *malloc(size_t s) {
-    return iso_alloc(s);
-}
+EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_malloc(size_t s) ISO_FORWARD1(iso_alloc, s)
+EXTERNAL_API void *malloc(size_t s) ISO_FORWARD1(iso_alloc, s)
 
-EXTERNAL_API void __libc_free(void *p) {
-    iso_free(p);
-}
+EXTERNAL_API void __libc_free(void *p) ISO_FORWARD0(iso_free, p)
+EXTERNAL_API void free(void *p) ISO_FORWARD0(iso_free, p)
 
-EXTERNAL_API void free(void *p) {
-    iso_free(p);
-}
+EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_calloc(size_t n, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD2(iso_calloc, n, s)
+EXTERNAL_API void *calloc(size_t n, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD2(iso_calloc, n, s)
 
-EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_calloc(size_t n, size_t s) {
-    return iso_calloc(n, s);
-}
+EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_realloc(void *p, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD2(iso_realloc, p, s)
+EXTERNAL_API void *realloc(void *p, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD2(iso_realloc, p, s)
 
-EXTERNAL_API void *calloc(size_t n, size_t s) {
-    return iso_calloc(n, s);
-}
-
-EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_realloc(void *p, size_t s) {
-    return iso_realloc(p, s);
-}
-
-EXTERNAL_API void *realloc(void *p, size_t s) {
-    return iso_realloc(p, s);
-}
-
-EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_reallocarray(void *p, size_t n, size_t s) {
-    return iso_reallocarray(p, n, s);
-}
-
-EXTERNAL_API void *reallocarray(void *p, size_t n, size_t s) {
-    return iso_reallocarray(p, n, s);
-}
+EXTERNAL_API void *__libc_reallocarray(void *p, size_t n, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD3(iso_reallocarray, p, n, s)
+EXTERNAL_API void *reallocarray(void *p, size_t n, size_t s) ISO_FORWARD3(iso_reallocarray, p, n, s)
 
 EXTERNAL_API int __posix_memalign(void **r, size_t a, size_t s) {
     if(is_pow2(a) == false) {
@@ -104,9 +97,8 @@ EXTERNAL_API size_t malloc_good_size(size_t size) {
     return ALIGN_SZ_UP(size);
 }
 #else
-EXTERNAL_API size_t malloc_usable_size(void *ptr) {
-    return iso_chunksz(ptr);
-}
+/* On Linux (non-Android) malloc_usable_size takes void* matching iso_chunksz */
+EXTERNAL_API size_t malloc_usable_size(void *ptr) ISO_FORWARD1(iso_chunksz, ptr)
 #endif
 
 static void *libc_malloc(size_t s, const void *caller) {
