Ensure all read utilities yield constant string pointers for safety.

platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.c

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const char *mpw_getenv(const char *variableName) {
     return envBuf? mpw_strdup( envBuf ): NULL;
 }
 
-char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
+const char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
 
     const char *askpass = mpw_getenv( MP_ENV_askpass );
     if (!askpass)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
     }
 
     close( pipes[1] );
-    char *answer = mpw_read_fd( pipes[0] );
+    const char *answer = mpw_read_fd( pipes[0] );
     close( pipes[0] );
     int status;
     if (waitpid( pid, &status, 0 ) == ERR) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
     if (WIFEXITED( status ) && WEXITSTATUS( status ) == EXIT_SUCCESS && answer && strlen( answer )) {
         // Remove trailing newline.
         if (answer[strlen( answer ) - 1] == '\n')
-            answer[strlen( answer ) - 1] = '\0';
+            mpw_replace_string( answer, mpw_strndup( answer, strlen( answer ) - 1 ) );
         return answer;
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
 static const char *_mpw_getline(const char *prompt, bool silent) {
 
     // Get answer from askpass.
-    char *answer = mpw_askpass( prompt );
+    const char *answer = mpw_askpass( prompt );
     if (answer)
         return answer;
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ bool mpw_mkdirs(const char *filePath) {
     return success;
 }
 
-char *mpw_read_fd(int fd) {
+const char *mpw_read_fd(int fd) {
 
     char *buf = NULL;
     size_t blockSize = 4096, bufSize = 0, bufOffset = 0;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ char *mpw_read_fd(int fd) {
     return buf;
 }
 
-char *mpw_read_file(FILE *file) {
+const char *mpw_read_file(FILE *file) {
 
     if (!file)
         return NULL;

platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.h

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const char *mpw_getenv(const char *variableName);
 
 /** Use the askpass program to prompt the user.
   * @return A newly allocated string or NULL if askpass is not supported or an error occurred. */
-char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt);
+const char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt);
 
 /** Ask the user a question.
   * @return A newly allocated string or NULL if an error occurred trying to read from the user. */
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ bool mpw_mkdirs(const char *filePath);
 
 /** Read until EOF from the given file descriptor.
   * @return A newly allocated string or NULL the read buffer couldn't be allocated. */
-char *mpw_read_fd(int fd);
+const char *mpw_read_fd(int fd);
 
 /** Read the file contents of a given file.
   * @return A newly allocated string or NULL the read buffer couldn't be allocated. */
-char *mpw_read_file(FILE *file);
+const char *mpw_read_file(FILE *file);
 
 /** Encode a visual fingerprint for a user.
   * @return A newly allocated string. */

platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli.c

@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ void cli_user(Arguments *args, Operation *operation) {
 
     else {
         // Read file.
-        char *sitesInputData = mpw_read_file( sitesFile );
-        if (ferror( sitesFile ))
+        const char *sitesInputData = mpw_read_file( sitesFile );
+        if (!sitesInputData || ferror( sitesFile ))
             wrn( "Error while reading configuration file:\n  %s: %d", operation->sitesPath, ferror( sitesFile ) );
         fclose( sitesFile );
 

platform-independent/c/core/src/mpw-util.h

@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ bool __mpw_free_string(
         ({ __typeof__(strings) _s = strings; const char *__s = *_s; (void)__s; __mpw_free_strings( (char **)_s, __VA_ARGS__ ); })
 bool __mpw_free_strings(
         char **strings, ...);
+/** Free a string after zero'ing its contents, then set the reference to the replacement string.
+  * The replacement string is generated before the original is freed; it may be a derivative of the original. */
+#define mpw_replace_string(string, replacement) \
+        do { const char *replacement_ = replacement; mpw_free_string( &string ); string = replacement_; } while (0)
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #undef mpw_realloc
 #define mpw_realloc(buffer, bufferSize, deltaSize) \