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Chris Down
a9aa0d8ffb dwm: Fix getatomprop regression from heap overflow fix
Commit 244fa852fe ("dwm: Fix heap buffer overflow in getatomprop")
introduced a check for dl > 0 before dereferencing the property pointer.
However, I missed that the variable dl is passed to XGetWindowProperty
for both nitems_return and bytes_after_return parameters:

    XGetWindowProperty(..., &dl, &dl, &p)

The final value in dl is bytes_after_return, not nitems_return. For a
successfully read property, bytes_after is typically 0 (indicating all
data was retrieved), so the check `dl > 0` is always false and dwm never
reads any atom properties. So this is safe, but not very helpful :-)

dl is probably just a dummy variable anyway, so fix by using a separate
variable for nitems, and check nitems > 0 as originally intended.
2026-01-16 14:13:51 +01:00
Hiltjo Posthuma
85fe518c1a bump version to 6.7
Put the maintainer at the top and bump years (time flies).
2026-01-10 11:31:44 +01:00
Chris Down
244fa852fe dwm: Fix heap buffer overflow in getatomprop
When getatomprop() is called, it invokes XGetWindowProperty() to
retrieve an Atom. If the property exists but has zero elements (length
0), Xlib returns Success and sets p to a valid, non-NULL memory address
containing a single null byte.

However, dl (that is, the number of items) is 0. dwm blindly casts p to
Atom* and dereferences it. While Xlib guarantees that p is safe to read
as a string (that is, it is null-terminated), it does _not_ guarantee it
is safe to read as an Atom (an unsigned long).

The Atom type is a typedef for unsigned long. Reading an Atom (which
thus will either likely be 4 or 8 bytes) from a 1-byte allocated buffer
results in a heap buffer overflow. Since property content is user
controlled, this allows any client to trigger an out of bounds read
simply by setting a property with format 32 and length 0.

An example client which reliably crashes dwm under ASAN:

    #include <X11/Xlib.h>
    #include <X11/Xatom.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <unistd.h>

    int main(void) {
        Display *d;
        Window root, w;
        Atom net_wm_state;

        d = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
        if (!d) return 1;

        root = DefaultRootWindow(d);
        w = XCreateSimpleWindow(d, root, 10, 10, 200, 200, 1, 0, 0);
        net_wm_state = XInternAtom(d, "_NET_WM_STATE", False);
        if (net_wm_state == None) return 1;

        XChangeProperty(d, w, net_wm_state, XA_ATOM, 32,
                        PropModeReplace, NULL, 0);
        XMapWindow(d, w);
        XSync(d, False);
        sleep(1);

        XCloseDisplay(d);
        return 0;
    }

In order to avoid this, check that the number of items returned is
greater than zero before dereferencing the pointer.
2026-01-10 11:27:23 +01:00
Hiltjo Posthuma
7c3abae4e6 drw.c: drw_scm_free: call free inside
Because drw_scm_create() allocates it.
2025-09-29 18:48:27 +02:00
Hiltjo Posthuma
93f26863d1 cleanup schemes and colors 2025-09-27 12:10:17 +02:00
Hiltjo Posthuma
74edc27caa config: make refreshrate for mouse move/resize a config option
Bump the default from 60 to 120.
2025-08-12 19:17:20 +02:00
6 changed files with 38 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
MIT/X Consortium License MIT/X Consortium License
© 2010-2026 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
© 2006-2019 Anselm R Garbe <anselm@garbe.ca> © 2006-2019 Anselm R Garbe <anselm@garbe.ca>
© 2006-2009 Jukka Salmi <jukka at salmi dot ch> © 2006-2009 Jukka Salmi <jukka at salmi dot ch>
© 2006-2007 Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com> © 2006-2007 Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ MIT/X Consortium License
© 2008 Martin Hurton <martin dot hurton at gmail dot com> © 2008 Martin Hurton <martin dot hurton at gmail dot com>
© 2008 Neale Pickett <neale dot woozle dot org> © 2008 Neale Pickett <neale dot woozle dot org>
© 2009 Mate Nagy <mnagy at port70 dot net> © 2009 Mate Nagy <mnagy at port70 dot net>
© 2010-2016 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
© 2010-2012 Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com> © 2010-2012 Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com>
© 2011 Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net> © 2011 Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
© 2015-2016 Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space> © 2015-2016 Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>

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@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static const float mfact = 0.55; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95]
static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area */ static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area */
static const int resizehints = 1; /* 1 means respect size hints in tiled resizals */ static const int resizehints = 1; /* 1 means respect size hints in tiled resizals */
static const int lockfullscreen = 1; /* 1 will force focus on the fullscreen window */ static const int lockfullscreen = 1; /* 1 will force focus on the fullscreen window */
static const int refreshrate = 120; /* refresh rate (per second) for client move/resize */
static const Layout layouts[] = { static const Layout layouts[] = {
/* symbol arrange function */ /* symbol arrange function */

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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# dwm version # dwm version
VERSION = 6.6 VERSION = 6.7
# Customize below to fit your system # Customize below to fit your system

29
drw.c
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@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname); die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname);
} }
/* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the /* Create color schemes. */
* returned color scheme when done using it. */
Clr * Clr *
drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount) drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
{ {
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
Clr *ret; Clr *ret;
/* need at least two colors for a scheme */ /* need at least two colors for a scheme */
if (!drw || !clrnames || clrcount < 2 || !(ret = ecalloc(clrcount, sizeof(XftColor)))) if (!drw || !clrnames || clrcount < 2 || !(ret = ecalloc(clrcount, sizeof(Clr))))
return NULL; return NULL;
for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++) for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
@@ -195,6 +194,30 @@ drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
return ret; return ret;
} }
void
drw_clr_free(Drw *drw, Clr *c)
{
if (!drw || !c)
return;
/* c is typedef XftColor Clr */
XftColorFree(drw->dpy, DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen), c);
}
void
drw_scm_free(Drw *drw, Clr *scm, size_t clrcount)
{
size_t i;
if (!drw || !scm)
return;
for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
drw_clr_free(drw, &scm[i]);
free(scm);
}
void void
drw_setfontset(Drw *drw, Fnt *set) drw_setfontset(Drw *drw, Fnt *set)
{ {

2
drw.h
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@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned in
/* Colorscheme abstraction */ /* Colorscheme abstraction */
void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname); void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname);
void drw_clr_free(Drw *drw, Clr *c);
Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount); Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
void drw_scm_free(Drw *drw, Clr *scm, size_t clrcount);
/* Cursor abstraction */ /* Cursor abstraction */
Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape); Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape);

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dwm.c
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@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ cleanup(void)
for (i = 0; i < CurLast; i++) for (i = 0; i < CurLast; i++)
drw_cur_free(drw, cursor[i]); drw_cur_free(drw, cursor[i]);
for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(colors); i++) for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(colors); i++)
free(scheme[i]); drw_scm_free(drw, scheme[i], 3);
free(scheme); free(scheme);
XDestroyWindow(dpy, wmcheckwin); XDestroyWindow(dpy, wmcheckwin);
drw_free(drw); drw_free(drw);
@@ -864,13 +864,14 @@ Atom
getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop) getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop)
{ {
int di; int di;
unsigned long dl; unsigned long nitems, dl;
unsigned char *p = NULL; unsigned char *p = NULL;
Atom da, atom = None; Atom da, atom = None;
if (XGetWindowProperty(dpy, c->win, prop, 0L, sizeof atom, False, XA_ATOM, if (XGetWindowProperty(dpy, c->win, prop, 0L, sizeof atom, False, XA_ATOM,
&da, &di, &dl, &dl, &p) == Success && p) { &da, &di, &nitems, &dl, &p) == Success && p) {
atom = *(Atom *)p; if (nitems > 0)
atom = *(Atom *)p;
XFree(p); XFree(p);
} }
return atom; return atom;
@@ -1171,7 +1172,7 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg)
handler[ev.type](&ev); handler[ev.type](&ev);
break; break;
case MotionNotify: case MotionNotify:
if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / 60)) if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate))
continue; continue;
lasttime = ev.xmotion.time; lasttime = ev.xmotion.time;
@@ -1325,7 +1326,7 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg)
handler[ev.type](&ev); handler[ev.type](&ev);
break; break;
case MotionNotify: case MotionNotify:
if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / 60)) if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate))
continue; continue;
lasttime = ev.xmotion.time; lasttime = ev.xmotion.time;