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Implement overflow check in MaxCompressedLength function
yusmer96-maker Jun 4, 2026
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Refactor MaxCompressedLength to use std::numeric_limits
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Add limits header to snappy.cc
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Expand Up @@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ inline uint16_t* TableEntry8ByteMatch(uint16_t* table, uint64_t bytes,
} // namespace

size_t MaxCompressedLength(size_t source_bytes) {
// Avoid integer overflow that could cause undersized buffer allocations.
// Return std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max() to force a controlled allocation failure.
if (source_bytes > (std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max() - 32) / 7 * 6) {
return std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
}
// Compressed data can be defined as:
// compressed := item* literal*
// item := literal* copy
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