/* libguestfs * Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Red Hat Inc. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "guestfs.h" #include "guestfs-internal.h" /** * Read the whole file C into a memory buffer. * * The memory buffer is initialized and returned in C. The * size of the file in bytes is returned in C. The return * buffer must be freed by the caller. * * On error this sets the error in the handle and returns C<-1>. * * For the convenience of callers, the returned buffer is * NUL-terminated (the NUL is not included in the size). * * The file must be a B, B, B file. In * particular, do not use this function to read files that might be * under control of an untrusted user since that will lead to a * denial-of-service attack. */ int guestfs_int_read_whole_file (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename, char **data_r, size_t *size_r) { int fd; char *data; off_t size; off_t n; ssize_t r; struct stat statbuf; fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC); if (fd == -1) { perrorf (g, "open: %s", filename); return -1; } if (fstat (fd, &statbuf) == -1) { perrorf (g, "stat: %s", filename); close (fd); return -1; } size = statbuf.st_size; data = safe_malloc (g, size + 1); n = 0; while (n < size) { r = read (fd, &data[n], size - n); if (r == -1) { perrorf (g, "read: %s", filename); free (data); close (fd); return -1; } if (r == 0) { error (g, _("read: %s: unexpected end of file"), filename); free (data); close (fd); return -1; } n += r; } if (close (fd) == -1) { perrorf (g, "close: %s", filename); free (data); return -1; } /* For convenience of callers, \0-terminate the data. */ data[size] = '\0'; *data_r = data; if (size_r != NULL) *size_r = size; return 0; }