address reading archives into memory

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>

syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/parse_linux_kernel_module_file.go

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package kernel
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"debug/elf"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
-	"github.com/ulikunitz/xz"
 
+	intfile "github.com/anchore/syft/internal/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/tmpdir"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/internal/unionreader"
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ func parseLinuxKernelModuleFile(ctx context.Context, _ file.Resolver, _ *generic
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to get union reader for file: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	moduleReader, err := decompressedModuleReader(reader.RealPath, unionReader)
+	moduleReader, err := decompressedModuleReader(ctx, reader.RealPath, unionReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decompress kernel module %q: %w", reader.RealPath, err)
 	}
+	defer moduleReader.Close()
 
 	metadata, err := parseLinuxKernelModuleMetadata(moduleReader)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -52,58 +54,88 @@ func parseLinuxKernelModuleFile(ctx context.Context, _ file.Resolver, _ *generic
 }
 
 // decompressedModuleReader returns a UnionReader over the decompressed contents of the kernel module
-// if the path indicates it is compressed (.ko.gz, .ko.xz, .ko.zst). For plain .ko files, the
+// when the path indicates compression (e.g. .ko.gz, .ko.xz, .ko.zst). For plain .ko files the original
-// original reader is returned unchanged.
+// reader is returned unchanged. ELF parsing requires random access (io.ReaderAt + io.Seeker), so
-func decompressedModuleReader(path string, r unionreader.UnionReader) (unionreader.UnionReader, error) {
+// compressed streams are spilled to a temp file rather than buffered in memory — kernel modules can be
-	var decompressed []byte
+// tens of MB decompressed and large numbers of them are scanned per cataloger run. The caller owns
-
+// the returned reader and must Close it; the underlying reader (r) is not closed by Close on the
-	switch {
+// passthrough path — its lifecycle is the caller's.
-	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".ko.gz"):
+func decompressedModuleReader(ctx context.Context, path string, r unionreader.UnionReader) (unionreader.UnionReader, error) {
-		gz, err := gzip.NewReader(r)
+	// fast path: plain .ko files don't need format sniffing
-		if err != nil {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, ".ko") {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create gzip reader: %w", err)
+		return &nopCloseUnionReader{UnionReader: r}, nil
-		}
-		defer gz.Close()
-		decompressed, err = io.ReadAll(gz)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decompress gzip stream: %w", err)
-		}
-
-	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".ko.xz"):
-		xzr, err := xz.NewReader(r)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create xz reader: %w", err)
-		}
-		decompressed, err = io.ReadAll(xzr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decompress xz stream: %w", err)
-		}
-
-	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".ko.zst"):
-		zstdr, err := zstd.NewReader(r)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create zstd reader: %w", err)
-		}
-		defer zstdr.Close()
-		decompressed, err = io.ReadAll(zstdr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decompress zstd stream: %w", err)
-		}
-
-	default:
-		return r, nil
 	}
 
-	br := bytes.NewReader(decompressed)
+	format, stream, err := intfile.IdentifyArchive(ctx, path, r)
-	return struct {
+	if err != nil {
-		io.ReadCloser
+		if errors.Is(err, archives.NoMatch) {
-		io.ReaderAt
+			return passthrough(r)
-		io.Seeker
+		}
-	}{
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to identify compression format: %w", err)
-		ReadCloser: io.NopCloser(br),
+	}
-		ReaderAt:   br,
+
-		Seeker:     br,
+	decompressor, ok := format.(archives.Decompressor)
-	}, nil
+	if !ok {
+		// not a single-stream compressed format (e.g. a tar/zip archive); treat as a plain .ko
+		return passthrough(r)
+	}
+
+	rc, err := decompressor.OpenReader(stream)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to open %s decompression stream: %w", format.Extension(), err)
+	}
+	defer rc.Close()
+
+	td := tmpdir.FromContext(ctx)
+	if td == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no temp dir factory in context")
+	}
+	tempFile, fileCleanup, err := td.NewFile("syft-kmod-*.ko") //nolint:gocritic // cleanup outlives this function — runs from tempFileUnionReader.Close on the returned reader
+	if err != nil {
+		fileCleanup()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create temp file for decompressed kernel module: %w", err)
+	}
+	tfr := &tempFileUnionReader{File: tempFile, cleanup: fileCleanup}
+
+	if _, err := io.Copy(tempFile, rc); err != nil {
+		_ = tfr.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to write decompressed kernel module: %w", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := tempFile.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+		_ = tfr.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to rewind decompressed kernel module: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return tfr, nil
+}
+
+// passthrough returns the original reader rewound to offset 0. IdentifyArchive consumes bytes to
+// sniff magic; we rewind explicitly so callers don't have to reason about the seeker's position.
+func passthrough(r unionreader.UnionReader) (unionreader.UnionReader, error) {
+	if _, err := r.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to rewind reader after format sniff: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &nopCloseUnionReader{UnionReader: r}, nil
+}
+
+// nopCloseUnionReader wraps a UnionReader so that Close is a no-op. used on the passthrough path
+// where the underlying reader's lifecycle is owned by the caller, not by us.
+type nopCloseUnionReader struct {
+	unionreader.UnionReader
+}
+
+func (*nopCloseUnionReader) Close() error { return nil }
+
+// tempFileUnionReader is a UnionReader backed by a temp file; Close closes the file and removes it.
+type tempFileUnionReader struct {
+	*os.File
+	cleanup func()
+}
+
+func (t *tempFileUnionReader) Close() error {
+	err := t.File.Close()
+	t.cleanup()
+	return err
 }
 
 func parseLinuxKernelModuleMetadata(r unionreader.UnionReader) (p *pkg.LinuxKernelModule, err error) {

syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel/parse_linux_kernel_module_file_test.go

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
+	"debug/elf"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
@@ -13,114 +15,106 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/ulikunitz/xz"
 
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/tmpdir"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/generic"
 )
 
+func testContext(t *testing.T) context.Context {
+	t.Helper()
+	td := tmpdir.FromPath(t.TempDir())
+	return tmpdir.WithValue(context.Background(), td)
+}
+
 // minimalKOBytes constructs a minimal ELF64 LE relocatable object with a .modinfo
 // section containing the given null-terminated key=value entries.
 func minimalKOBytes(entries []string) []byte {
-	// Build .modinfo section data: each entry is key=value\0
+	// .modinfo section: each entry is key=value\0
-	var modinfo []byte
+	var modinfo bytes.Buffer
 	for _, e := range entries {
-		modinfo = append(modinfo, []byte(e)...)
+		modinfo.WriteString(e)
-		modinfo = append(modinfo, 0)
+		modinfo.WriteByte(0)
 	}
 
-	// Section name string table: \0 .modinfo\0 .shstrtab\0
+	// section header string table — embeds names of all sections back-to-back, leading null required.
+	// offsets below index into this blob.
 	shstrtab := []byte("\x00.modinfo\x00.shstrtab\x00")
-	modinfoNameOff := uint32(1)  // offset of ".modinfo" in shstrtab
-	shstrtabNameOff := uint32(10) // offset of ".shstrtab" in shstrtab
-
-	// ELF64 header is 64 bytes.
-	// We have 3 sections: null, .modinfo, .shstrtab
 	const (
-		elfHeaderSize  = 64
+		modinfoNameOff  uint32 = 1
-		sectionHdrSize = 64
+		shstrtabNameOff uint32 = 10
-		numSections    = 3
 	)
 
-	modinfoOff := uint64(elfHeaderSize)
+	const (
-	modinfoSize := uint64(len(modinfo))
+		ehdrSize    uint64 = 64
+		shdrSize    uint64 = 64
+		numSections uint16 = 3 // null + .modinfo + .shstrtab
+	)
 
-	shstrtabOff := modinfoOff + modinfoSize
+	// layout: [ehdr][modinfo][shstrtab][pad to 8][section headers]
-	shstrtabSize := uint64(len(shstrtab))
+	var (
+		modinfoOff   = ehdrSize
+		modinfoSize  = uint64(modinfo.Len())
+		shstrtabOff  = modinfoOff + modinfoSize
+		shstrtabSize = uint64(len(shstrtab))
+		shdrsOff     = alignUp(shstrtabOff+shstrtabSize, 8)
+	)
 
-	// Align section header table to 8 bytes
+	header := elf.Header64{
-	shdrsOff := shstrtabOff + shstrtabSize
+		Ident: [16]byte{
-	if shdrsOff%8 != 0 {
+			0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F',
-		shdrsOff += 8 - (shdrsOff % 8)
+			byte(elf.ELFCLASS64),
+			byte(elf.ELFDATA2LSB),
+			byte(elf.EV_CURRENT),
+		},
+		Type:      uint16(elf.ET_REL),
+		Machine:   uint16(elf.EM_X86_64),
+		Version:   uint32(elf.EV_CURRENT),
+		Shoff:     shdrsOff,
+		Ehsize:    uint16(ehdrSize),
+		Shentsize: uint16(shdrSize),
+		Shnum:     numSections,
+		Shstrndx:  numSections - 1, // .shstrtab is last
 	}
 
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	sections := []elf.Section64{
-	le := binary.LittleEndian
+		{}, // SHN_UNDEF
+		{
+			Name:      modinfoNameOff,
+			Type:      uint32(elf.SHT_PROGBITS),
+			Off:       modinfoOff,
+			Size:      modinfoSize,
+			Addralign: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			Name:      shstrtabNameOff,
+			Type:      uint32(elf.SHT_STRTAB),
+			Off:       shstrtabOff,
+			Size:      shstrtabSize,
+			Addralign: 1,
+		},
+	}
 
-	// ELF header
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	buf.Write([]byte{0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F'}) // magic
+	_ = binary.Write(&buf, binary.LittleEndian, header)
-	buf.WriteByte(2)                         // EI_CLASS: ELFCLASS64
+	buf.Write(modinfo.Bytes())
-	buf.WriteByte(1)                         // EI_DATA: ELFDATA2LSB
-	buf.WriteByte(1)                         // EI_VERSION: EV_CURRENT
-	buf.WriteByte(0)                         // EI_OSABI
-	buf.Write(make([]byte, 8))               // EI_ABIVERSION + padding
-
-	writeU16 := func(v uint16) { binary.Write(buf, le, v) } //nolint:errcheck
-	writeU32 := func(v uint32) { binary.Write(buf, le, v) } //nolint:errcheck
-	writeU64 := func(v uint64) { binary.Write(buf, le, v) } //nolint:errcheck
-
-	writeU16(1)               // e_type: ET_REL
-	writeU16(62)              // e_machine: EM_X86_64
-	writeU32(1)               // e_version: EV_CURRENT
-	writeU64(0)               // e_entry
-	writeU64(0)               // e_phoff (no program headers)
-	writeU64(shdrsOff)        // e_shoff
-	writeU32(0)               // e_flags
-	writeU16(elfHeaderSize)   // e_ehsize
-	writeU16(0)               // e_phentsize
-	writeU16(0)               // e_phnum
-	writeU16(sectionHdrSize)  // e_shentsize
-	writeU16(numSections)     // e_shnum
-	writeU16(numSections - 1) // e_shstrndx (.shstrtab is last)
-
-	// Write section data
-	buf.Write(modinfo)
 	buf.Write(shstrtab)
-
-	// Pad to shdrsOff
 	for uint64(buf.Len()) < shdrsOff {
 		buf.WriteByte(0)
 	}
-
+	for _, s := range sections {
-	// Section header 0: null
+		_ = binary.Write(&buf, binary.LittleEndian, s)
-	buf.Write(make([]byte, sectionHdrSize))
+	}
-
-	// Section header 1: .modinfo  (SHT_PROGBITS=1)
-	writeU32(modinfoNameOff) // sh_name
-	writeU32(1)              // sh_type: SHT_PROGBITS
-	writeU64(0)              // sh_flags
-	writeU64(0)              // sh_addr
-	writeU64(modinfoOff)     // sh_offset
-	writeU64(modinfoSize)    // sh_size
-	writeU32(0)              // sh_link
-	writeU32(0)              // sh_info
-	writeU64(1)              // sh_addralign
-	writeU64(0)              // sh_entsize
-
-	// Section header 2: .shstrtab (SHT_STRTAB=3)
-	writeU32(shstrtabNameOff) // sh_name
-	writeU32(3)               // sh_type: SHT_STRTAB
-	writeU64(0)               // sh_flags
-	writeU64(0)               // sh_addr
-	writeU64(shstrtabOff)     // sh_offset
-	writeU64(shstrtabSize)    // sh_size
-	writeU32(0)               // sh_link
-	writeU32(0)               // sh_info
-	writeU64(1)               // sh_addralign
-	writeU64(0)               // sh_entsize
-
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
+func alignUp(v, align uint64) uint64 {
+	if v%align == 0 {
+		return v
+	}
+	return v + (align - v%align)
+}
+
 func gzCompress(data []byte) []byte {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	w := gzip.NewWriter(&buf)
@@ -207,7 +201,7 @@ func TestParseLinuxKernelModuleFile_Compressed(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			reader := makeLocationReadCloser(tt.path, tt.data)
-			pkgs, rels, err := parseLinuxKernelModuleFile(context.Background(), nil, &generic.Environment{}, reader)
+			pkgs, rels, err := parseLinuxKernelModuleFile(testContext(t), nil, &generic.Environment{}, reader)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, pkgs, 1)
 			assert.Empty(t, rels)
@@ -237,18 +231,20 @@ func TestDecompressedModuleReader(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			br := bytes.NewReader(tt.data)
 			wrapped := struct {
 				io.ReadCloser
 				io.ReaderAt
 				io.Seeker
 			}{
-				ReadCloser: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(tt.data)),
+				ReadCloser: io.NopCloser(br),
-				ReaderAt:   bytes.NewReader(tt.data),
+				ReaderAt:   br,
-				Seeker:     bytes.NewReader(tt.data),
+				Seeker:     br,
 			}
-			got, err := decompressedModuleReader(tt.path, wrapped)
+			got, err := decompressedModuleReader(testContext(t), tt.path, wrapped)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.NotNil(t, got)
+			t.Cleanup(func() { _ = got.Close() })
 
 			b, err := io.ReadAll(got)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -256,3 +252,34 @@ func TestDecompressedModuleReader(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDecompressedModuleReader_TempFileRemovedOnClose(t *testing.T) {
+	koBytes := minimalKOBytes([]string{"name=test", "vermagic=5.15.0 SMP"})
+	data := gzCompress(koBytes)
+
+	br := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	wrapped := struct {
+		io.ReadCloser
+		io.ReaderAt
+		io.Seeker
+	}{
+		ReadCloser: io.NopCloser(br),
+		ReaderAt:   br,
+		Seeker:     br,
+	}
+
+	got, err := decompressedModuleReader(testContext(t), "/test.ko.gz", wrapped)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	tfr, ok := got.(*tempFileUnionReader)
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected compressed path to spill to a temp file")
+	path := tfr.File.Name()
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "temp file should exist before Close")
+
+	require.NoError(t, got.Close())
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(path)
+	assert.True(t, os.IsNotExist(err), "temp file should be removed after Close, got err=%v", err)
+}