GODRIVER-1923 Error if BSON cstrings contain null bytes (#622)

bson/bsonrw/value_writer.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/bsontype"
@@ -247,7 +248,12 @@ func (vw *valueWriter) invalidTransitionError(destination mode, name string, mod
 func (vw *valueWriter) writeElementHeader(t bsontype.Type, destination mode, callerName string, addmodes ...mode) error {
 	switch vw.stack[vw.frame].mode {
 	case mElement:
-		vw.buf = bsoncore.AppendHeader(vw.buf, t, vw.stack[vw.frame].key)
+		key := vw.stack[vw.frame].key
+		if !isValidCString(key) {
+			return errors.New("BSON element key cannot contain null bytes")
+		}
+
+		vw.buf = bsoncore.AppendHeader(vw.buf, t, key)
 	case mValue:
 		// TODO: Do this with a cache of the first 1000 or so array keys.
 		vw.buf = bsoncore.AppendHeader(vw.buf, t, strconv.Itoa(vw.stack[vw.frame].arrkey))
@@ -430,6 +436,9 @@ func (vw *valueWriter) WriteObjectID(oid primitive.ObjectID) error {
 }
 
 func (vw *valueWriter) WriteRegex(pattern string, options string) error {
+	if !isValidCString(pattern) || !isValidCString(options) {
+		return errors.New("BSON regex values cannot contain null bytes")
+	}
 	if err := vw.writeElementHeader(bsontype.Regex, mode(0), "WriteRegex"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -602,3 +611,7 @@ func (vw *valueWriter) writeLength() error {
 	vw.buf[start+3] = byte(length >> 24)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func isValidCString(cs string) bool {
+	return !strings.ContainsRune(cs, '\x00')
+}

bson/marshal_test.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package bson
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -207,3 +208,35 @@ func TestMarshal_roundtripFromDoc(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Documents to not match. got %v; want %v", after, before)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNullBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("element keys", func(t *testing.T) {
+		doc := D{{"a\x00", "foobar"}}
+		res, err := Marshal(doc)
+		want := errors.New("BSON element key cannot contain null bytes")
+		require.Equal(t, want, err, "expected Marshal error %v, got error %v with result %q", want, err, Raw(res))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("regex values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		wantErr := errors.New("BSON regex values cannot contain null bytes")
+
+		testCases := []struct {
+			name    string
+			pattern string
+			options string
+		}{
+			{"null bytes in pattern", "a\x00", "i"},
+			{"null bytes in options", "pattern", "i\x00"},
+		}
+		for _, tc := range testCases {
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				regex := primitive.Regex{
+					Pattern: tc.pattern,
+					Options: tc.options,
+				}
+				res, err := Marshal(D{{"foo", regex}})
+				require.Equal(t, wantErr, err, "expected Marshal error %v, got error %v with result %q", wantErr, err, Raw(res))
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}

mongo/mongo_test.go

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestMongoHelpers(t *testing.T) {
 			got, id, err := transformAndEnsureID(bson.DefaultRegistry, doc)
 			assert.Nil(t, err, "transformAndEnsureID error: %v", err)
 			_, ok := id.(string)
-			assert.True(t, ok, "expected returned id type %T, got %T", string(0), id)
+			assert.True(t, ok, "expected returned id type string, got %T", id)
 			assert.Equal(t, got, want, "expected document %v, got %v", got, want)
 		})
 	})

x/bsonx/bsoncore/bsoncore.go

@@ -30,24 +30,35 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/bsontype"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 )
 
-// EmptyDocumentLength is the length of a document that has been started/ended but has no elements.
-const EmptyDocumentLength = 5
+const (
+	// EmptyDocumentLength is the length of a document that has been started/ended but has no elements.
+	EmptyDocumentLength = 5
+	// nullTerminator is a string version of the 0 byte that is appended at the end of cstrings.
+	nullTerminator       = string(byte(0))
+	invalidKeyPanicMsg   = "BSON element keys cannot contain null bytes"
+	invalidRegexPanicMsg = "BSON regex values cannot contain null bytes"
+)
 
 // AppendType will append t to dst and return the extended buffer.
 func AppendType(dst []byte, t bsontype.Type) []byte { return append(dst, byte(t)) }
 
 // AppendKey will append key to dst and return the extended buffer.
-func AppendKey(dst []byte, key string) []byte { return append(dst, key+string(0x00)...) }
+func AppendKey(dst []byte, key string) []byte { return append(dst, key+nullTerminator...) }
 
 // AppendHeader will append Type t and key to dst and return the extended
 // buffer.
 func AppendHeader(dst []byte, t bsontype.Type, key string) []byte {
+	if !isValidCString(key) {
+		panic(invalidKeyPanicMsg)
+	}
+
 	dst = AppendType(dst, t)
 	dst = append(dst, key...)
 	return append(dst, 0x00)
@@ -427,7 +438,11 @@ func AppendNullElement(dst []byte, key string) []byte { return AppendHeader(dst,
 
 // AppendRegex will append pattern and options to dst and return the extended buffer.
 func AppendRegex(dst []byte, pattern, options string) []byte {
-	return append(dst, pattern+string(0x00)+options+string(0x00)...)
+	if !isValidCString(pattern) || !isValidCString(options) {
+		panic(invalidRegexPanicMsg)
+	}
+
+	return append(dst, pattern+nullTerminator+options+nullTerminator...)
 }
 
 // AppendRegexElement will append a BSON regex element using key, pattern, and
@@ -841,3 +856,7 @@ func appendBinarySubtype2(dst []byte, subtype byte, b []byte) []byte {
 	dst = appendLength(dst, int32(len(b)))
 	return append(dst, b...)
 }
+
+func isValidCString(cs string) bool {
+	return !strings.ContainsRune(cs, '\x00')
+}

x/bsonx/bsoncore/bsoncore_test.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/bsontype"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/internal/testutil/assert"
 )
 
 func noerr(t *testing.T, err error) {
@@ -899,6 +900,52 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNullBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	// Helper function to execute the provided callback and assert that it panics with the expected message. The
+	// createBSONFn callback should create a BSON document/array/value and return the stringified version.
+	assertBSONCreationPanics := func(t *testing.T, createBSONFn func(), expected string) {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		defer func() {
+			got := recover()
+			assert.Equal(t, expected, got, "expected panic with error %v, got error %v", expected, got)
+		}()
+		createBSONFn()
+	}
+
+	t.Run("element keys", func(t *testing.T) {
+		createDocFn := func() {
+			BuildDocument(nil, AppendStringElement(nil, "a\x00", "foo"))
+		}
+
+		assertBSONCreationPanics(t, createDocFn, invalidKeyPanicMsg)
+	})
+	t.Run("regex values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testCases := []struct {
+			name    string
+			pattern string
+			options string
+		}{
+			{"null bytes in pattern", "a\x00", "i"},
+			{"null bytes in options", "pattern", "i\x00"},
+		}
+		for _, tc := range testCases {
+			t.Run(tc.name+"-AppendRegexElement", func(t *testing.T) {
+				createDocFn := func() {
+					AppendRegexElement(nil, "foo", tc.pattern, tc.options)
+				}
+				assertBSONCreationPanics(t, createDocFn, invalidRegexPanicMsg)
+			})
+			t.Run(tc.name+"-AppendRegex", func(t *testing.T) {
+				createValFn := func() {
+					AppendRegex(nil, tc.pattern, tc.options)
+				}
+				assertBSONCreationPanics(t, createValFn, invalidRegexPanicMsg)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func compareDecimal128(d1, d2 primitive.Decimal128) bool {
 	d1H, d1L := d1.GetBytes()
 	d2H, d2L := d2.GetBytes()