SIGBUS: writing to mmaped device beyond file size

[Semnodime]

Crash report

What happened?

# DEV=/dev/foo
# blockdev --getsize64 $DEV
1048576
# tail $DEV
# python3.12 bug.py
Bus error (core dumped)
# tail $DEV
hell#

from mmap import mmap

with open('/dev/foo', 'r+b') as file:
    m = mmap(file.fileno(), 1024 ** 2 + 1)

m.seek(1024 ** 2 - 4)

for b in b'hello world!':
    m.write(bytes([b]))

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CPython versions tested on:

3.12

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Output from running 'python -VV' on the command line:

Python 3.12.3 (main, Apr 27 2024, 19:00:21) [GCC 11.4.0]

[Zheaoli]

May I ask if the /sda3 is your disk device？

[Zheaoli]

Can not reproduced on Linux 6.9

[Semnodime]

@Zheaoli The bug is reproducible on python3.12.3 hosted on Linux kernel 6.9.2-1-MANJARO.

I suppose you overlooked the blockdev --getsize64 $DEV statement which implies the exact blockdevice size.

[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo sh
sh-5.2# uname -a
Linux manjaro 6.9.2-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 27 03:56:18 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
sh-5.2# python -VV
Python 3.12.3 (main, Apr 23 2024, 09:16:07) [GCC 13.2.1 20240417]
sh-5.2# modprobe brd rd_nr=1 rd_size=1024
sh-5.2# DEV=/dev/ram0
sh-5.2# SIZE=$(blockdev --getsize64 $DEV)
sh-5.2# tail $DEV
sh-5.2# python3.12 -c "from mmap import mmap;file=open('$DEV','r+b');m=mmap(file.fileno(),$SIZE+1);m.seek($SIZE-4);[m.write(bytes([b])) for b in b'hello world!']"
Bus error (core dumped)
sh-5.2# tail $DEV
hellsh-5.2# 

Notice the hellsh (hell shell) at the end.

[Zheaoli]

The issue confirmed, But I think it's not Python bug I think

The core reason here is that the file size is 1048576 but you map a 1048577 memory to it. So the process SIGBUS now

You need to take care of the SIGBUS when you use the mmap API

[eryksun]

On POSIX, mmap operations can raise SIGBUS or SIGSEV, depending on the platform. Nothing is currently implemented to handle either signal. On Windows, mmap handles the corresponding exceptions for EXCEPTION_IN_PAGE_ERROR and EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION by raising OSError instead of letting the default exception handler terminate the process.