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cmd/compile: nil pointer deref when printing error message for invalid program in 1.17 #51165

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nobozo opened this issue Feb 12, 2022 · 3 comments
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@nobozo
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nobozo commented Feb 12, 2022

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.17.7 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

This is the latest release.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/jonf/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/jonf/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOEXPERIMENT=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/home/jonf/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/jonf/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.17.7"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/dev/null"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build1969232472=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

What did you do?

https://go.dev/play/p/K7yu7V7_LsE

What did you expect to see?

Various syntax errors. I know this file doesn't compile. That's not the problem.

What did you see instead?

A compiler panic e.g.

./strcache.go:29:14: cannot assign *st_name to %!L(PANIC=Format method: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference) in multiple assignment

@ALTree
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ALTree commented Feb 12, 2022

It looks like -in go1.17- the culprit is a function in cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go:

$ ag -C3 "cannot assign .* in multiple assignment"
cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go
1696-	}
1697-
1698-	if op, why := Assignop(src, dst.Type()); op == ir.OXXX {
1699:		base.Errorf("cannot assign %v to %L in multiple assignment%s", src, dst, why)
1700-		return
1701-	}
1702-}

now, on tip the error message doesn't have this issue:

$ gotip version
go version devel go1.18-8ba3ad92eb Thu Feb 10 19:08:19 2022 +0000 linux/amd64

$ gotip run test.go
# command-line-arguments
./test.go:25:6: name_st declared but not used
./test.go:28:2: st_name (type) is not an expression
./test.go:31:14: (*st_name).st_refcnt undefined (type *st_name has no method st_refcnt)
./test.go:33:3: st_name (type) is not an expression
./test.go:34:14: (*st_name).st_string undefined (type *st_name has no method st_string)
./test.go:35:14: (*st_name).st_refcnt undefined (type *st_name has no method st_refcnt)
./test.go:37:23: st_name (type) is not an expression
./test.go:40:20: (*st_name).st_string undefined (type *st_name has no method st_string)

The typecheck.go function is still there, but it's possible we no longer call it in a way that triggers the issue.

cc @mdempsky

@ALTree ALTree changed the title affected/package: go build cmd/compile: nil pointer deref when printing error message for invalid program in 1.17 Feb 12, 2022
@ALTree ALTree added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Feb 12, 2022
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I think the panic also applies when assigning a map to a data type, ex: bool, ok = string_cache[str]. I thought to check if Op is a data type before assign data

@gopherbot gopherbot added the compiler/runtime Issues related to the Go compiler and/or runtime. label Jul 13, 2022
@seankhliao seankhliao added this to the Unplanned milestone Aug 20, 2022
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No longer an issue with current supported releases (1.18/1.19)

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