fix: avoid unaligned reads in DNS and serializers

src/include/ndpi_define.h.in

@@ -131,22 +131,35 @@
 
 #define NDPI_ARRAY_LENGTH(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof((array)[0]))
 
-/* the get_uXX will return raw network packet bytes !! */
-#define get_u_int8_t(X,O)   (*(u_int8_t  *)((&(((u_int8_t *)X)[O]))))
-#define get_u_int16_t(X,O)  (*(u_int16_t *)((&(((u_int8_t *)X)[O]))))
-#define get_u_int32_t(X,O)  (*(u_int32_t *)((&(((u_int8_t *)X)[O]))))
-#if defined(__arm__)
-#include <stdint.h>
+/* The get_uXX helpers return raw network packet bytes. */
 #include <string.h>
-static inline uint64_t get_u_int64_t(const uint8_t* X, int O)
+
+#define get_u_int8_t(X,O)   (((const u_int8_t *)(X))[O])
+
+static inline u_int16_t ndpi_get_u_int16_t(const void *X, int O)
 {
-  uint64_t tmp;
-  memcpy(&tmp, X + O, sizeof(tmp));
-  return tmp;
+  u_int16_t value;
+  memcpy(&value, ((const u_int8_t *)X) + O, sizeof(value));
+  return value;
 }
-#else
-#define get_u_int64_t(X,O)  (*(u_int64_t *)((&(((u_int8_t *)X)[O]))))
-#endif // __arm__
+
+static inline u_int32_t ndpi_get_u_int32_t(const void *X, int O)
+{
+  u_int32_t value;
+  memcpy(&value, ((const u_int8_t *)X) + O, sizeof(value));
+  return value;
+}
+
+static inline u_int64_t ndpi_get_u_int64_t(const void *X, int O)
+{
+  u_int64_t value;
+  memcpy(&value, ((const u_int8_t *)X) + O, sizeof(value));
+  return value;
+}
+
+#define get_u_int16_t(X,O)  ndpi_get_u_int16_t((X), (O))
+#define get_u_int32_t(X,O)  ndpi_get_u_int32_t((X), (O))
+#define get_u_int64_t(X,O)  ndpi_get_u_int64_t((X), (O))
 
 /* new definitions to get little endian from network bytes */
 #define get_ul8(X,O) get_u_int8_t(X,O)

src/include/ndpi_typedefs.h

@@ -1544,9 +1544,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #define ndpi_private_deserializer ndpi_private_serializer
 
 #ifdef NDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING
-typedef struct { char c[72]; } ndpi_serializer;
+typedef union { u_int64_t _alignment; char c[72]; } ndpi_serializer;
 #else
-typedef struct { char c[sizeof(ndpi_private_serializer)]; } ndpi_serializer;
+typedef union { ndpi_private_serializer _alignment; char c[sizeof(ndpi_private_serializer)]; } ndpi_serializer;
 #endif
 
 #define ndpi_deserializer ndpi_serializer

src/lib/ndpi_serializer.c

@@ -545,14 +545,14 @@ static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_uint8(ndpi_private_deserializer *dese
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_uint16(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						  u_int32_t offset, u_int16_t *s) {
-  *s = ntohs(*((u_int16_t *) &deserializer->buffer.data[offset]));
+  *s = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_uint32(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						  u_int32_t offset, u_int32_t *s) {
-  *s = ntohl(*((u_int32_t *) &deserializer->buffer.data[offset]));
+  *s = ntohl(get_u_int32_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */
@@ -566,28 +566,28 @@ static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_int8(ndpi_private_deserializer *deser
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_int16(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						 u_int32_t offset, int16_t *s) {
-  *s = ntohs(*((int16_t *) &deserializer->buffer.data[offset]));
+  *s = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_int32(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						 u_int32_t offset, int32_t *s) {
-  *s = ntohl(*((int32_t *) &deserializer->buffer.data[offset]));
+  *s = ntohl(get_u_int32_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_uint64(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						  u_int32_t offset, u_int64_t *s) {
-  *s = ndpi_ntohll(*(u_int64_t*)&deserializer->buffer.data[offset]);
+  *s = ndpi_ntohll(get_u_int64_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */
 
 static inline void ndpi_deserialize_single_int64(ndpi_private_deserializer *deserializer,
 						 u_int32_t offset, int64_t *s) {
-  *s = ndpi_ntohll(*(int64_t*)&deserializer->buffer.data[offset]);
+  *s = ndpi_ntohll(get_u_int64_t(deserializer->buffer.data, offset));
 }
 
 /* ********************************** */

src/lib/protocols/dns.c

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static u_int16_t checkDNSSubprotocol(u_int16_t sport, u_int16_t dport) {
 /* *********************************************** */
 
 static u_int16_t get16(u_int *i, const u_int8_t *payload) {
-  u_int16_t v = *(u_int16_t*)&payload[*i];
+  u_int16_t v = get_u_int16_t(payload, *i);
 
   (*i) += 2;
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static u_int64_t fpc_dns_cache_key_from_packet(const unsigned char *ip, int ip_l
   if(ip_len == 16)
     key = ndpi_quick_hash64((const char *)ip, 16);
   else
-    key = (u_int64_t)(*(u_int32_t *)ip);
+    key = (u_int64_t)get_u_int32_t(ip, 0);
 
   return key;
 }
@@ -581,21 +581,21 @@ static int process_additionals(struct ndpi_detection_module_struct *ndpi_struct,
 
       if(rsp_type == 41 /* OPT */) {
         /* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_Mechanisms_for_DNS */
-        flow->protos.dns.edns0_udp_payload_size = ntohs(*((u_int16_t*)&packet->payload[x])); /* EDNS(0) */
+        flow->protos.dns.edns0_udp_payload_size = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(packet->payload, x)); /* EDNS(0) */
 
 #ifdef DNS_DEBUG
         printf("[DNS] [response] edns0_udp_payload_size: %u\n", flow->protos.dns.edns0_udp_payload_size);
 #endif
         x += 6;
 
-        rdata_len = ntohs(*((u_int16_t *)&packet->payload[x]));
+        rdata_len = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(packet->payload, x));
 #ifdef DNS_DEBUG
         printf("[DNS] [response] rdata len: %u\n", rdata_len);
 #endif
         if(rdata_len > 0 &&
            x + 6 <= packet->payload_packet_len) {
-          opt_code = ntohs(*((u_int16_t *)&packet->payload[x + 2]));
-          opt_len = ntohs(*((u_int16_t *)&packet->payload[x + 4]));
+          opt_code = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(packet->payload, x + 2));
+          opt_len = ntohs(get_u_int16_t(packet->payload, x + 4));
           opt = &packet->payload[x + 6];
           /* TODO: parse the TLV list */
           if(opt_code == 0x03 &&