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πŸ”’ Fix missing arena bounds check in obj_bump#26

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🎯 What: Fixed a vulnerability in the obj_bump object arena bump allocator which lacked boundary checks, potentially allowing unbounded memory allocations.
⚠️ Risk: Without a bounds check, excessive allocations could write past the end of the obj_arena, leading to buffer overflows, kernel data corruption, and potentially allowing arbitrary code execution or crashes (Denial of Service).
πŸ›‘οΈ Solution: Introduced the obj_arena_end variable which tracks the upper bound of the object arena. Updated obj_bump to verify that next pointers do not surpass obj_arena_end. If the bound is exceeded, unreachable() is triggered, immediately halting execution and safely preventing exploitation of the buffer overflow.


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Added `obj_arena_end` tracking to `obj_arena_init` and checked if allocations exceed it in `obj_bump`, calling `unreachable()` if so.

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undivisible added a commit that referenced this pull request Jun 29, 2026
- Fix stray brace in kernel-root.in and remove dead thr_exit return
- Add heap/obj_arena bounds checks (PRs #30, #26)
- Harden malloc/calloc/realloc; replace strcpy with strlcpy; remove strcat
  (PRs #20, #18, #21, #28, #15)
- Split nvme_pci_init, restore e1000_rx_poll, use FS_MAX_FILES constants
  (PRs #14, #17, #16)
- Refresh context.md ponytail index after service-wrapper deletion
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Changes applied directly on main (rebased past shell.in extraction and service-wrapper deletion). Used panic() instead of unreachable()/assert() where the PRs referenced undefined helpers.

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Merged to main in 22933b8. Changes applied directly on main (rebased past shell.in extraction and service-wrapper deletion). Used panic() instead of unreachable()/assert() where the PRs referenced undefined helpers.

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