TCMalloc: restrict maximum size of memory ranges

base/security_unittest.cc

+// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <limits>
+
+#include "base/version.h"
+#include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+// Check that we can not allocate a continuous space that cannot indexed
+// via an int. This is used to mitigate vulnerabilities in libraries that use
+// int instead of size_t.
+TEST(SecurityTest, AllocationRestrictions) {
+  scoped_ptr<char, base::FreeDeleter>
+      ptr(static_cast<char*>(malloc(std::numeric_limits<int>::max())));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ptr == NULL);
+  // TODO(jln): a lot more tests here.
+}
+
+}  // namespace