fix: minor memory bugs #784

Fixes the following Coverity reports:

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*** CID 417161:  Memory - corruptions  (ARRAY_VS_SINGLETON)
/samples/server.c: 438 in migration_write_data()
432         }
433    
434         /* write to bar0, if any */
435         if (write_end > server_data->bar1_size) {
436             length_in_bar0 = write_end - write_start;
437             write_start -= server_data->bar1_size;
     CID 417161:  Memory - corruptions  (ARRAY_VS_SINGLETON)
     Using "&server_data->bar0" as an array.  This might corrupt or misinterpret adjacent memory locations.
438             memcpy(&server_data->bar0 + write_start, buf + length_in_bar1,
439                    length_in_bar0);
440         }
441    
442         server_data->migration.bytes_transferred += bytes_written;
443    

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*** CID 417160:  Memory - corruptions  (ARRAY_VS_SINGLETON)
/samples/server.c: 394 in migration_read_data()
388         }
389    
390         /* read bar0, if any */
391         if (read_end > server_data->bar1_size) {
392             length_in_bar0 = read_end - read_start;
393             read_start -= server_data->bar1_size;
     CID 417160:  Memory - corruptions  (ARRAY_VS_SINGLETON)
     Using "&server_data->bar0" as an array.  This might corrupt or misinterpret adjacent memory locations.
394             memcpy(buf + length_in_bar1, &server_data->bar0 + read_start,
395                    length_in_bar0);
396         }
397    
398         server_data->migration.bytes_transferred += bytes_read;
399    

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*** CID 417159:  Possible Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
/lib/libvfio-user.c: 121 in dev_get_caps()
115    
116         header = (struct vfio_info_cap_header*)(vfio_reg + 1);
117    
118         if (vfu_reg->mmap_areas != NULL) {
119             int i, nr_mmap_areas = vfu_reg->nr_mmap_areas;
120             if (type != NULL) {
     CID 417159:  Possible Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
     Execution cannot reach this statement: "type->header.next = vfio_re...".
121                 type->header.next = vfio_reg->cap_offset + sizeof(struct vfio_region_info_cap_type);
122                 sparse = (struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap*)(type + 1);
123             } else {
124                 vfio_reg->cap_offset = sizeof(struct vfio_region_info);
125                 sparse = (struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap*)header;
126             }

Signed-off-by: William Henderson <[email protected]>

lib/libvfio-user.c

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ dev_get_caps(vfu_ctx_t *vfu_ctx, vfu_reg_info_t *vfu_reg,
              struct vfio_region_info *vfio_reg, int **fds, size_t *nr_fds)
 {
     struct vfio_info_cap_header *header;
-    struct vfio_region_info_cap_type *type = NULL;
     struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap *sparse = NULL;
 
     assert(vfu_ctx != NULL);
@@ -117,13 +116,8 @@ dev_get_caps(vfu_ctx_t *vfu_ctx, vfu_reg_info_t *vfu_reg,
 
     if (vfu_reg->mmap_areas != NULL) {
         int i, nr_mmap_areas = vfu_reg->nr_mmap_areas;
-        if (type != NULL) {
-            type->header.next = vfio_reg->cap_offset + sizeof(struct vfio_region_info_cap_type);
-            sparse = (struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap*)(type + 1);
-        } else {
-            vfio_reg->cap_offset = sizeof(struct vfio_region_info);
-            sparse = (struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap*)header;
-        }
+        vfio_reg->cap_offset = sizeof(struct vfio_region_info);
+        sparse = (struct vfio_region_info_cap_sparse_mmap *)header;
 
         *fds = malloc(nr_mmap_areas * sizeof(int));
         if (*fds == NULL) {

samples/server.c

@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ migration_read_data(vfu_ctx_t *vfu_ctx, void *buf, uint64_t size)
     if (read_end > server_data->bar1_size) {
         length_in_bar0 = read_end - read_start;
         read_start -= server_data->bar1_size;
-        memcpy(buf + length_in_bar1, &server_data->bar0 + read_start,
+        memcpy(buf + length_in_bar1, (char *)&server_data->bar0 + read_start,
                length_in_bar0);
     }
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ migration_write_data(vfu_ctx_t *vfu_ctx, void *data, uint64_t size)
     if (write_end > server_data->bar1_size) {
         length_in_bar0 = write_end - write_start;
         write_start -= server_data->bar1_size;
-        memcpy(&server_data->bar0 + write_start, buf + length_in_bar1,
+        memcpy((char *)&server_data->bar0 + write_start, buf + length_in_bar1,
                length_in_bar0);
     }