After this commit "bsdinstall/partedit: Fix UFS auto partitioning" https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=9b4c606b96ce8a8b011dc50295c71c38741a0f4f
```
+ } else { /* auto partitioning */
+ items[0].value = strdup(items[0].init);
+ items[1].value = strdup(items[1].init);
+ items[2].value = strdup(items[2].init);
+ if (nitems > 3)
+ items[3].value = strdup(items[3].init);
}
```
a report suggests to check the output of strdup() https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-main/2022-April/006059.html
Maybe it could be a bit superfluous in this context, I opened this review to discuss and to get tips.
Briefly, a possible error could be an extreme case: memory full with useful data in a critical memory environment, no some naughty or huge string.
Rationale:
Currently partedit does not check the output of strdup(), probably because the size of the strings is fixed and the TUI libraries guarantee strings with limited size, usually max 16 characters. The user is not allowed to input a string of arbitrary length.
In the reported commit, the allocated strings are not "indefinite", they are almost-constants: "//freebsd-[ufs|swap]//", "//nnn GB//", "///|none//", "", so the allocated memory is less than 30 bytes (yes just bytes no KB, MB, or GB). It is much less than the memory required by the dialog form in the interactive case (the flow goes into the `if` instead of `} else { /* auto partitioning */`).
Anyway, let' s say we add a check (pseudocode):
```
// really it is (forms.value = strdup("freebsd-ufs") == NULL)
if ((items[0].value = strdup(items[0].init))== NULL)
return;
/* ... etc ... */
```
If we have not 30 bytes available the partitioner will fail an instant later the "return" probably building a new dialog, each dialog/widget requires much more allocated memory than 30 bytes. Surely it will be impossible to rebuild [*] the main menu for the partition table.
Even it would not be possible to build a simple dialog msgbox to warn the user:
```
if (form.value = strdup("freebsd-ufs") == NULL) {
bsddialog_msgbox(&conf, Error: Impossible to allocate 30 bytes, 0, 0);
return;
}
```
\[*] Probably in this critical memory environment partedit and bsdinstall are not able to start.
However, I have not a strong opinion, if others confirm the needs I' ll add the check (below). Of course, everybody can open a review to propose a better solution/idea.