Avoid race condition in Regexp#match

In certain conditions, Regexp#match could return a MatchData with
missing captures.  This seems to require at the least, multiple
threads calling a method that calls the same block/proc/lambda
which calls Regexp#match.

The race condition happens because the MatchData is passed from
indirectly via the backref, and other threads can modify the
backref.

Fix the issue by:

1. Not reusing the existing MatchData from the backref, and always
   allocating a new MatchData.
2. Passing the MatchData directly to the caller using a VALUE*,
   instead of indirectly through the backref.

It's likely that variants of this issue exist for other Regexp
methods.  Anywhere that MatchData is passed implicitly through
the backref is probably vulnerable to this issue.

Fixes [Bug #17507]

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 8e2df1f82c..58e43f9c29 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -1615,8 +1615,8 @@ rb_reg_adjust_startpos(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse)
 }
 
 /* returns byte offset */
-long
-rb_reg_search0(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str)
+static long
+rb_reg_search_set_match(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str, VALUE *set_match)
 {
     long result;
     VALUE match;
@@ -1638,18 +1638,7 @@ rb_reg_search0(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str)
     tmpreg = reg != RREGEXP_PTR(re);
     if (!tmpreg) RREGEXP(re)->usecnt++;
 
-    match = rb_backref_get();
-    if (!NIL_P(match)) {
-	if (FL_TEST(match, MATCH_BUSY)) {
-	    match = Qnil;
-	}
-	else {
-	    regs = RMATCH_REGS(match);
-	}
-    }
-    if (NIL_P(match)) {
-	MEMZERO(regs, struct re_registers, 1);
-    }
+    MEMZERO(regs, struct re_registers, 1);
     if (!reverse) {
 	range += len;
     }
@@ -1682,13 +1671,10 @@ rb_reg_search0(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str)
 	}
     }
 
-    if (NIL_P(match)) {
-	int err;
-	match = match_alloc(rb_cMatch);
-	err = rb_reg_region_copy(RMATCH_REGS(match), regs);
-	onig_region_free(regs, 0);
-	if (err) rb_memerror();
-    }
+    match = match_alloc(rb_cMatch);
+    int copy_err = rb_reg_region_copy(RMATCH_REGS(match), regs);
+    onig_region_free(regs, 0);
+    if (copy_err) rb_memerror();
 
     if (set_backref_str) {
 	RMATCH(match)->str = rb_str_new4(str);
@@ -1696,11 +1682,18 @@ rb_reg_search0(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str)
 
     RMATCH(match)->regexp = re;
     rb_backref_set(match);
+    if (set_match) *set_match = match;
 
     return result;
 }
 
 long
+rb_reg_search0(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse, int set_backref_str)
+{
+    return rb_reg_search_set_match(re, str, pos, reverse, set_backref_str, NULL);
+}
+
+long
 rb_reg_search(VALUE re, VALUE str, long pos, int reverse)
 {
     return rb_reg_search0(re, str, pos, reverse, 1);
@@ -3193,7 +3186,7 @@ reg_operand(VALUE s, int check)
 }
 
 static long
-reg_match_pos(VALUE re, VALUE *strp, long pos)
+reg_match_pos(VALUE re, VALUE *strp, long pos, VALUE* set_match)
 {
     VALUE str = *strp;
 
@@ -3212,7 +3205,7 @@ reg_match_pos(VALUE re, VALUE *strp, long pos)
 	}
 	pos = rb_str_offset(str, pos);
     }
-    return rb_reg_search(re, str, pos, 0);
+    return rb_reg_search_set_match(re, str, pos, 0, 1, set_match);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3266,7 +3259,7 @@ reg_match_pos(VALUE re, VALUE *strp, long pos)
 VALUE
 rb_reg_match(VALUE re, VALUE str)
 {
-    long pos = reg_match_pos(re, &str, 0);
+    long pos = reg_match_pos(re, &str, 0, NULL);
     if (pos < 0) return Qnil;
     pos = rb_str_sublen(str, pos);
     return LONG2FIX(pos);
@@ -3377,7 +3370,7 @@ rb_reg_match2(VALUE re)
 static VALUE
 rb_reg_match_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE re)
 {
-    VALUE result, str, initpos;
+    VALUE result = Qnil, str, initpos;
     long pos;
 
     if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &str, &initpos) == 2) {
@@ -3387,12 +3380,11 @@ rb_reg_match_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE re)
 	pos = 0;
     }
 
-    pos = reg_match_pos(re, &str, pos);
+    pos = reg_match_pos(re, &str, pos, &result);
     if (pos < 0) {
 	rb_backref_set(Qnil);
 	return Qnil;
     }
-    result = rb_backref_get();
     rb_match_busy(result);
     if (!NIL_P(result) && rb_block_given_p()) {
 	return rb_yield(result);