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…eters An empty JS string passed to a char* parameter was a use-after-free: WriteValue strdup'd it and wrapped the copy in a zero-length external string, but V8 disposes a zero-length resource as soon as it is handed one, so native code received a freed buffer. The resource length now counts the NUL terminator and is never zero. The IsExternalOneByte fast path passed any external one-byte string's resource data straight to native code. The runtime's own external strings are never visible to JS, so the path only fired for foreign resources, such as strings from node_api_create_external_string_latin1, whose data is Latin-1 with no NUL terminator: native code read past the buffer and saw non-ASCII characters as invalid UTF-8. Every string now takes the copying path.
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- Around line 368-373: Update the UTF-8 buffer allocation in the external-string
conversion around Utf8Value and OneByteStringResource to copy the full byte
length, including the terminator, instead of using strdup, and reuse that
computed length when constructing OneByteStringResource. Ensure embedded NUL
bytes are preserved without changing the existing GC lifetime behavior.
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| v8::String::Utf8Value utf8Value(isolate, arg); | ||
| const char* value = strdup(*utf8Value); | ||
| // The external string only ties the strdup'd buffer's lifetime to the | ||
| // GC; it is never read as a string. Its length counts the NUL so it is | ||
| // never zero: V8 disposes a zero-length resource immediately. | ||
| OneByteStringResource* resource = |
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If you've read the [Getting Started](Getting Started with Embedding) guide you will already be familiar with using V8 as a standalone virtual machine and with some key V8 concepts such as handles, scopes, and contexts. This document discusses these concepts further and introduces others that are key to embedding V8 within your own C++ application.
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* How it works: Developers write C++ code that uses V8's `MacroAssembler` to emit raw machine instructions.
* Benefits: Ultimate performance, used for low-level entry points, trampolines, and operations where every instruction counts.
* Constraint: Architecture-specific builtins must be used for any operations that need to manipulate the stack (e.g., pushing arguments, setting up the interpreter stack frame) because TurboFan code assumes a fixed stack layout.
* Drawbacks: Must be written separately for every supported architecture (x64, arm, arm64, etc.).
## How Builtins are Loaded
Builtins are compiled during V8's build process (or at startup if snapshots are not used) and are stored in the Snapshot. This ensures that V8 starts up with all standard library functions ready to execute without needing to parse or compile them.
They are shared across all Isolates and contexts in a single process.
## Embedding and Copying
To reduce startup time and memory sharing across Isolates, V8 embeds builtins into the binary.
* Embedded Blob: Builtins are compiled and written into a dedicated section of the binary (the embedded blob).
* Sharing: This allows multiple Isolates in the same process to share the same executable code for builtins, saving memory.
### Copying Out (Remapping)
Under certain conditions, V8 may copy or remap the embedded builtins into the `CodeRange` of a specific Isolate:
* Short Builtin Calls: On some architectures (like x64 and arm64), function calls have a limited relative range. If generated code in the `CodeRange` needs to call a builtin, and the embedded blob is too far away in memory, V8 cannot use efficient PC-relative calls.
* The Solution: If `v8_flags.short_builtin_calls` is enabled (often depending on available physical memory), V8 will copy or remap the embedded builtins into the `CodeRange` so they are close to the generated code.
* Remapping vs Copying:
* If the OS supports it (e.g., via page remapping), V8 will remap the pages to avoid making them private dirty memory, keeping them shared.
* If not supported, V8 falls back to copying them via `memcpy`, which increases private memory usage.</excerpt>
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Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/v8/v8/blob/main/include/v8-primitive.h
- 2: https://github.com/v8/v8/blob/main/include/v8-primitive.h
- 3: https://github.com/v8/v8/blob/main/include/v8-primitive.h
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Copy the UTF-8 buffer by byte length.
For a string such as "a\0b", Utf8Value contains all bytes, but strdup(*utf8Value) allocates only "a\0". OneByteStringResource then advertises the full utf8Value.length() + 1, so its V8 backing range is shorter than its advertised length. V8 can read beyond the allocation when it accesses this external string. The base external-string path did not create this mismatched copy.
Suggested fix
#include "Interop.h"
#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
@@
// terminator, so its data can't be handed to native code as a C string.
v8::String::Utf8Value utf8Value(isolate, arg);
- const char* value = strdup(*utf8Value);
+ const size_t length = static_cast<size_t>(utf8Value.length()) + 1;
+ char* value = static_cast<char*>(std::malloc(length));
+ std::memcpy(value, *utf8Value, length);
// The external string only ties the strdup'd buffer's lifetime to the
// GC; it is never read as a string. Its length counts the NUL so it is
// never zero: V8 disposes a zero-length resource immediately.
OneByteStringResource* resource =
- new OneByteStringResource(value, (size_t)utf8Value.length() + 1);
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Review comment at @NativeScript/runtime/Interop.mm around lines 368 - 373:
Update the UTF-8 buffer allocation in the external-string conversion around
Utf8Value and OneByteStringResource to copy the full byte length, including the
terminator, instead of using strdup, and reuse that computed length when
constructing OneByteStringResource. Ensure embedded NUL bytes are preserved
without changing the existing GC lifetime behavior.
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Motivation
Two bugs in how
Interop::WriteValuemarshals a JS string to achar*/const char*parameter. Both came up while reviewing #450.strdup'd and the copy is wrapped in an external one-byte string, whose only job is to tie the buffer's lifetime to the GC. For""that resource has length 0, and V8 disposes a zero-length resource as soon as it gets one (String::NewExternalOneByte,api.cc). So the buffer is freed beforeffi_call. ASan on main reports aheap-use-after-freeinfunctionWithCharPtr("")(freed byNewExternalOneByte→Dispose, read by the callee). Without ASan, the callee typically sees garbage:TNSGetOutput()gives(null)and the first byte read back is non-zero.IsExternalOneByte()fast path passed any external one-byte string's resource data straight to native code. The runtime's own external strings are never visible to JS, so on main this path only fires for strings created by someone else. Today that means Node-API'snode_api_create_external_string_latin1(the iOS V8 build has the sandbox off, so these really are external). Their data is Latin-1 with no NUL terminator, so the callee reads past the buffer, and any non-ASCII character arrives as invalid UTF-8.Changes
""takes the same GC-tied path as every other string.IsExternalOneByte()fast path is gone: every string is copied as UTF-8.The lifetime of the buffer handed to native code is unchanged: it is valid until the first GC after the call returns.
Tests
ReferenceTests:functionWithCharPtr("")sees an empty string, and the returned pointer reads0.NapiCoverageTests: a newcreateExternalLatin1()fixture builds an external Latin-1 string over non-terminated bytes ("caf\xE9!", length 4). The test asserts it was not copied, then checks thatfunctionWithCharPtrreceives"café"as UTF-8. The coverage module now declaresNAPI_VERSION 10, which only adds declarations.Both specs fail on main (
'(null)'vs'', the pointer reads104vs0,'(null)'vs'café') and pass with this change; they also pass under ASan (-a) with no reports. Full Debug suite: 1837 tests, 0 failures.Release benchmarks (in #525) show no measurable cost.
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