From 59ce174d22a9d29a804e6023fd3e9465a120b0e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TapTap <taptap.programming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:57:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] fix(client-send): UAF in basis preflight and missing_args
 leak

---
 src/client/client_send.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/client_send.c b/src/client/client_send.c
index f4db82e..16ed906 100644
--- a/src/client/client_send.c
+++ b/src/client/client_send.c
@@ -338,9 +338,10 @@ static bool basis_oversize_preflight(const Config* config) {
     return false;
   DirectoryScanner* scanner =
       directory_scanner_create_with_options(config->send_directory, &prepared.options);
-  prepared_scanner_destroy(&prepared);
-  if (!scanner)
+  if (!scanner) {
+    prepared_scanner_destroy(&prepared);
     return false;
+  }
   bool ok = true;
   Chunk* chunk;
   while ((chunk = directory_scanner_next(scanner)) != NULL) {
@@ -364,7 +365,10 @@ static bool basis_oversize_preflight(const Config* config) {
   }
   if (directory_scanner_failed(scanner) || directory_scanner_had_io_error(scanner))
     ok = false;
+  /* The scanner borrows prepared.options' base_filters/hardlinks pointers, so
+     prepared must outlive the scanner. */
   directory_scanner_destroy(scanner);
+  prepared_scanner_destroy(&prepared);
   return ok;
 }
 
@@ -1886,6 +1890,8 @@ int send_files(Config* config) {
     if (config->transport == TRANSPORT_TCP)
       log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "could not connect to server%s",
                   config->use_tls ? " via TLS" : "");
+    if (missing_args)
+      array_list_delete(missing_args);
     return 1;
   }
   ProtocolSession session;

From 4557924972a662d8e2440302ad3bbf1f0c131737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TapTap <taptap.programming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:57:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fix(receiver): cap DirTimeList growth and fix placeholder
 Data leaks

---
 src/shared/file_receive.c | 16 +++++++--
 src/shared/file_receive.h | 13 ++++++-
 tests/test_file.c         | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/shared/file_receive.c b/src/shared/file_receive.c
index ffb72df..f21867c 100644
--- a/src/shared/file_receive.c
+++ b/src/shared/file_receive.c
@@ -1696,9 +1696,9 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  if (has_path_traversal(check_path)) {
+  if (check_path[0] == '\0' || has_path_traversal(check_path)) {
     char* escaped_path = output_escape(check_path, log_get_8_bit_output());
-    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Path traversal detected: %s",
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Invalid received check path: %s",
                 escaped_path ? escaped_path : "<allocation failed>");
     free(escaped_path);
     free(check_path);
@@ -1832,6 +1832,7 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
            existing/ignore-existing/update/backup/delay-updates policy. */
         File* materialized = file_create(check_path);
         if (materialized && basis.content) {
+          data_destroy(materialized->data);
           materialized->data = basis.content;
           basis.content = NULL;
           materialized->metadata = file_metadata_create(NULL, &basis.st, false, false);
@@ -2095,6 +2096,7 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
       file->metadata = meta;
       file->xattrs = append_xattrs;
       append_xattrs = NULL;
+      data_destroy(file->data);
       file->data = data_create(full, full_size);
       if (!file->data) { /* data_create already freed full on failure */
         file_destroy(file);
@@ -2247,6 +2249,7 @@ void dir_time_list_init(DirTimeList* list) {
   list->entries = NULL;
   list->count = 0;
   list->capacity = 0;
+  list->bytes = 0;
 }
 
 void dir_time_list_free(DirTimeList* list) {
@@ -2260,11 +2263,19 @@ void dir_time_list_free(DirTimeList* list) {
   list->entries = NULL;
   list->count = 0;
   list->capacity = 0;
+  list->bytes = 0;
 }
 
 bool dir_time_list_add(DirTimeList* list, const char* wire_path, const FileMetadata* metadata) {
   if (!list || !wire_path || !metadata)
     return true; /* nothing to remember; never a hard error */
+  /* Cumulative, not per-frame: the sender may stream a tree across unbounded
+     STATUS_DIR_TIMES frames, so bound the TOTAL retained here.  Reject before
+     touching the list, leaving it exactly as it was (the caller fails the
+     transfer, which becomes a clean protocol error). */
+  size_t path_len = strlen(wire_path);
+  if (list->count >= MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES || path_len > MAX_DIR_TIME_BYTES - list->bytes)
+    return false;
   if (list->count == list->capacity) {
     size_t new_capacity = list->capacity == 0 ? 16 : list->capacity * 2;
     if (new_capacity < list->capacity)
@@ -2291,6 +2302,7 @@ bool dir_time_list_add(DirTimeList* list, const char* wire_path, const FileMetad
   list->paths[list->count] = copy;
   list->entries[list->count] = *metadata;
   list->count++;
+  list->bytes += path_len;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/file_receive.h b/src/shared/file_receive.h
index 37dc15a..ec6ccfa 100644
--- a/src/shared/file_receive.h
+++ b/src/shared/file_receive.h
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 
 /* Server-side file receive/save path. */
 
+/* Cumulative caps for the deferred directory-time accumulator.  The sender may
+ * legitimately split a large tree across repeated STATUS_DIR_TIMES frames, so a
+ * per-frame bound is not enough: the receiver must bound the TOTAL it retains
+ * against a hostile sender.  Mirror the delete-manifest limits
+ * (MAX_MANIFEST_ENTRIES / MAX_MANIFEST_BYTES): the entry count bounds the
+ * metadata array and the byte budget bounds the concatenated path strings. */
+#define MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES (1024 * 1024)
+#define MAX_DIR_TIME_BYTES (16ULL * 1024 * 1024)
+
 File* file_receive(const Config* config, int file_descriptor);
 File* file_receive_directory(int file_descriptor, const Config* config);
 File* file_receive_dir_time(int file_descriptor, const Config* config);
@@ -28,6 +37,7 @@ typedef struct {
   FileMetadata* entries; /* owned, parallel to paths */
   size_t count;
   size_t capacity;
+  size_t bytes; /* cumulative strlen of every retained path */
 } DirTimeList;
 
 /* Capture gate shared by the sender-side and receiver-side sinks: directory
@@ -39,7 +49,8 @@ bool dir_times_should_capture(const Config* config);
 void dir_time_list_init(DirTimeList* list);
 void dir_time_list_free(DirTimeList* list);
 /* Deep-copy one directory's path + metadata into the list.  Returns false on
- * allocation failure (the caller fails the transfer). */
+ * allocation failure OR when the cumulative entry/byte caps would be exceeded
+ * (the caller fails the transfer). */
 bool dir_time_list_add(DirTimeList* list, const char* wire_path, const FileMetadata* metadata);
 /* Apply every accumulated directory's mtime (and atime when captured) beneath
  * `root_directory`, confined fd-relative.  Best-effort per entry: an absent
diff --git a/tests/test_file.c b/tests/test_file.c
index fd715fc..0f0225d 100644
--- a/tests/test_file.c
+++ b/tests/test_file.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,76 @@ static void test_dir_time_list() {
   rmdir(root);
 }
 
+/* A hostile sender can stream unbounded STATUS_DIR_TIMES frames; the
+ * accumulator must bound the CUMULATIVE path bytes (not just one frame) and
+ * reject the add that would cross the cap, leaving the list untouched. */
+static void test_dir_time_list_cap() {
+  DirTimeList list;
+  dir_time_list_init(&list);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)list.bytes, 0);
+  FileMetadata metadata = {.mtime_sec = 1, .mtime_nsec = 0};
+
+  size_t path_len = MAX_STRING_SIZE - 1;
+  char* path = malloc(path_len + 1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(path);
+  memset(path, 'a', path_len);
+  path[path_len] = '\0';
+
+  bool rejected = false;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES + 1 && !rejected; i++) {
+    size_t before_count = list.count;
+    size_t before_bytes = list.bytes;
+    if (!dir_time_list_add(&list, path, &metadata)) {
+      rejected = true;
+      /* The rejected add must not have partially mutated the list. */
+      EXPECT_TRUE(list.count == before_count);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes == before_bytes);
+    } else {
+      EXPECT_TRUE(list.count == before_count + 1);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes == before_bytes + path_len);
+    }
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(rejected);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(list.count <= MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes <= MAX_DIR_TIME_BYTES);
+
+  /* The retained entries are still intact and freeable after the rejection. */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(list.count > 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strcmp(list.paths[0], path) == 0);
+  dir_time_list_free(&list);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)list.bytes, 0);
+  free(path);
+}
+
+/* receive_incremental_check must reject an empty check_path; every other
+ * receive path rejects path[0]=='\0'.  Feed the check header (empty wire path
+ * + size/mtime/nsec) and assert the check is refused without being skipped. */
+static void test_receive_incremental_check_empty_path() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
+  cfg->checksum = false;
+
+  int p[2];
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(pipe(p), 0);
+  size_t wire_len = 0;
+  unsigned long long check_size = 0;
+  long long check_mtime = 0;
+  long long check_mtime_nsec = 0;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &wire_len, sizeof(wire_len)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &check_size, sizeof(check_size)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &check_mtime, sizeof(check_mtime)));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(p[1], &check_mtime_nsec, sizeof(check_mtime_nsec)));
+
+  bool skipped = true;
+  File* file = receive_incremental_check(p[0], cfg, &skipped);
+  EXPECT_NULL(file);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(skipped);
+
+  close(p[0]);
+  close(p[1]);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
 /* -K/--keep-dirlinks secure open: with an authorized root, a destination path
  * component that is a symlink to an IN-ROOT directory is used as that directory
  * (its referent is opened through a relative O_NOFOLLOW walk from the root fd,
@@ -1531,6 +1601,8 @@ void test_file() {
   }
   test_file_metadata_create();
   test_dir_time_list();
+  test_dir_time_list_cap();
+  test_receive_incremental_check_empty_path();
   test_keep_dirlinks_secure_open();
   test_inplace_overwrite_clears_special_mode_bits();
   test_inplace_overwrite_metadata_strips_special_bits();

From f8252cf3e7c726b6345e10d3652f3d59404ce302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TapTap <taptap.programming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:57:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fix(protocol): bound pre-auth config string memory

---
 src/shared/config.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/shared/config.h |  18 ++++++++
 tests/test_config.c |  85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/shared/config.c b/src/shared/config.c
index 4bd72c9..584c61a 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.c
+++ b/src/shared/config.c
@@ -202,6 +202,51 @@ static bool receive_wire_bool(int fd, bool* value) {
   return true;
 }
 
+/* Cumulative budget for the strings retained by one received Config (see
+ * MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES).  Config strings are received once per connection
+ * before authentication and live for its whole lifetime, so the charge is never
+ * released. */
+typedef struct {
+  unsigned long long used;
+} ConfigStringBudget;
+
+/* Charge `bytes` (the retained allocation: string body plus NUL) against the
+ * aggregate config-string budget.  Returns false when the ceiling would be
+ * exceeded, letting the caller reject the frame with a clear error instead of
+ * retaining unbounded pre-auth memory. */
+static bool config_string_budget_charge(ConfigStringBudget* budget, size_t bytes) {
+  if ((unsigned long long)bytes > MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES ||
+      budget->used > MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES - (unsigned long long)bytes) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Config string budget exceeded (%llu + %zu > %llu bytes)",
+                budget->used, bytes, (unsigned long long)MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES);
+    return false;
+  }
+  budget->used += (unsigned long long)bytes;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static char* config_receive_str(int fd, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
+  char* value = receive_str(fd);
+  if (!value)
+    return NULL;
+  if (!config_string_budget_charge(budget, strlen(value) + 1)) {
+    free(value);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+static char* config_receive_str_redacted(int fd, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
+  char* value = receive_str_redacted(fd);
+  if (!value)
+    return NULL;
+  if (!config_string_budget_charge(budget, strlen(value) + 1)) {
+    free(value);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
 static bool validate_received_config(const Config* config) {
   return valid_wire_bool(config->save_to_disk) && valid_wire_bool(config->use_multithreading) &&
          valid_wire_bool(config->use_chunk_serialization) &&
@@ -257,7 +302,7 @@ static bool validate_received_config(const Config* config) {
          config->delta_block_size <= DELTA_BLOCK_SIZE_MAX &&
          config->delta_max_file_size <= DELTA_MAX_FILE_SIZE && config->modify_window >= 0 &&
          config->max_delete >= -1 && config->skip_compress_count >= 0 &&
-         config->skip_compress_count <= 10000 && config->max_alloc > 0 &&
+         config->skip_compress_count <= MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES && config->max_alloc > 0 &&
          (!config->chmod_spec || !*config->chmod_spec ||
           chmod_apply(0, config->chmod_spec, &(mode_t){0})) &&
          /* The received --iconv CONVERT_SPEC is untrusted input that drives
@@ -819,7 +864,7 @@ static bool send_checksum_options(int fd, const Config* c) {
          send_n_data(fd, &c->checksum_seed, sizeof(c->checksum_seed));
 }
 
-static bool receive_core_fields(int fd, Config* c) {
+static bool receive_core_fields(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
   int value;
   if (!receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->eight_bit_output))
     return false;
@@ -829,8 +874,8 @@ static bool receive_core_fields(int fd, Config* c) {
   if (c->max_alloc > MAX_SERVER_ALLOC)
     c->max_alloc = MAX_SERVER_ALLOC;
   protocol_session_set_max_alloc(NULL, c->max_alloc);
-  c->send_directory = receive_str(fd);
-  c->receive_root_directory = receive_str(fd);
+  c->send_directory = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
+  c->receive_root_directory = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!c->send_directory || !c->receive_root_directory)
     return false;
   if (!receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->save_to_disk) || !receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->use_multithreading) ||
@@ -863,10 +908,10 @@ static bool receive_delta_fields(int fd, Config* c) {
          receive_n_data(fd, &c->delta_max_file_size, sizeof(unsigned long long));
 }
 
-static bool receive_file_options(int fd, Config* c) {
+static bool receive_file_options(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
   if (!receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->backup))
     return false;
-  char* backup_dir = receive_str(fd);
+  char* backup_dir = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!backup_dir)
     return false;
   if (*backup_dir != '\0') {
@@ -920,8 +965,8 @@ static bool receive_selection_options(int fd, Config* c) {
   return receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->delete_delay);
 }
 
-static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
-  char* temp_dir = receive_str(fd);
+static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
+  char* temp_dir = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!temp_dir)
     return false;
   if (*temp_dir != '\0') {
@@ -935,7 +980,7 @@ static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
      string for "unset".  Canonicalize the empty wire value back to NULL so
      receivers observe exactly what the client configured (plain --backup, for
      example, must not look like --backup-dir ""). */
-  char* partial_dir = receive_str(fd);
+  char* partial_dir = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!partial_dir)
     return false;
   if (*partial_dir != '\0') {
@@ -943,7 +988,7 @@ static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
   } else {
     free(partial_dir);
   }
-  char* suffix = receive_str(fd);
+  char* suffix = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!suffix)
     return false;
   if (*suffix != '\0') {
@@ -957,20 +1002,20 @@ static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
     return false;
   if (!receive_n_data(fd, &c->modify_window, sizeof(c->modify_window)))
     return false;
-  c->compress_choice = receive_str(fd);
+  c->compress_choice = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!c->compress_choice)
     return false;
-  c->chmod_spec = receive_str(fd);
+  c->chmod_spec = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!c->chmod_spec || !receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->skip_compress_set) ||
       !receive_int(fd, &c->skip_compress_count) || c->skip_compress_count < 0 ||
-      c->skip_compress_count > 10000)
+      c->skip_compress_count > MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES)
     return false;
   if (c->skip_compress_count > 0) {
     c->skip_compress_suffixes = calloc((size_t)c->skip_compress_count, sizeof(char*));
     if (!c->skip_compress_suffixes)
       return false;
     for (int i = 0; i < c->skip_compress_count; i++) {
-      c->skip_compress_suffixes[i] = receive_str(fd);
+      c->skip_compress_suffixes[i] = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
       if (!c->skip_compress_suffixes[i])
         return false;
     }
@@ -978,7 +1023,7 @@ static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
   return true;
 }
 
-static bool receive_basis_options(int fd, Config* c) {
+static bool receive_basis_options(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
   int count;
   if (!receive_int(fd, &count))
     return false;
@@ -988,7 +1033,7 @@ static bool receive_basis_options(int fd, Config* c) {
     int type;
     if (!receive_int(fd, &type) || type <= BASIS_DEST_NONE || type > BASIS_DEST_LINK)
       return false;
-    char* path = receive_str(fd);
+    char* path = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
     if (!path)
       return false;
     /* config_basis_append validates and canonicalizes the path; a rejected
@@ -1119,8 +1164,8 @@ static bool send_daemon_module(int fd, const Config* c) {
   return send_str(fd, c->module ? c->module : "");
 }
 
-static bool receive_daemon_module(int fd, Config* c) {
-  char* module = receive_str(fd);
+static bool receive_daemon_module(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
+  char* module = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!module)
     return false;
   /* Guard against a hostile client flooding the log with an over-long module
@@ -1155,14 +1200,14 @@ static bool send_daemon_auth(int fd, const Config* c) {
   return send_str_redacted(fd, c->auth_user);
 }
 
-static bool receive_daemon_auth(int fd, Config* c) {
+static bool receive_daemon_auth(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
   int present;
   if (!receive_int(fd, &present) || !valid_wire_bool(present))
     return false;
   if (!present)
     return true;
   /* Redacted receive: never log the incoming username body. */
-  char* user = receive_str_redacted(fd);
+  char* user = config_receive_str_redacted(fd, budget);
   if (!user)
     return false;
   if (!credentials_username_valid(user)) {
@@ -1272,8 +1317,8 @@ static bool send_iconv_spec(int fd, const Config* c) {
   return send_str(fd, c->iconv_spec ? c->iconv_spec : "");
 }
 
-static bool receive_iconv_spec(int fd, Config* c) {
-  char* spec = receive_str(fd);
+static bool receive_iconv_spec(int fd, Config* c, ConfigStringBudget* budget) {
+  char* spec = config_receive_str(fd, budget);
   if (!spec)
     return false;
   if (*spec == '\0') {
@@ -1376,8 +1421,9 @@ Config* config_receive_with_validate(int file_descriptor, ConfigValidateFunc val
   Config* config = config_create();
   if (!config)
     return NULL;
+  ConfigStringBudget budget = {0};
   free(config->version);
-  config->version = receive_str(file_descriptor);
+  config->version = config_receive_str(file_descriptor, &budget);
   if (!config->version)
     goto error;
   if (strcmp(config->version, PROTOCOL_VERSION) != 0) {
@@ -1388,21 +1434,21 @@ Config* config_receive_with_validate(int file_descriptor, ConfigValidateFunc val
     send_status(file_descriptor, STATUS_ERROR);
     goto error;
   }
-  if (!receive_core_fields(file_descriptor, config) ||
+  if (!receive_core_fields(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_delta_fields(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_file_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
+      !receive_file_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_selection_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_resume_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_basis_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
+      !receive_resume_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
+      !receive_basis_options(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_fuzzy_option(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_checksum_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_identity_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_metadata_times_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_symlink_trust_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_phase4_xattr_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_daemon_module(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_daemon_auth(file_descriptor, config) ||
-      !receive_iconv_spec(file_descriptor, config) ||
+      !receive_daemon_module(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
+      !receive_daemon_auth(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
+      !receive_iconv_spec(file_descriptor, config, &budget) ||
       !receive_privilege_options(file_descriptor, config) ||
       !receive_copy_as_options(file_descriptor, config))
     goto error;
diff --git a/src/shared/config.h b/src/shared/config.h
index 66fd5eb..d582be2 100644
--- a/src/shared/config.h
+++ b/src/shared/config.h
@@ -643,6 +643,24 @@ typedef struct Config {
 /* Upper bound on total basis-dir entries (rsync caps --link-dest at 20). */
 #define MAX_BASIS_DIRS 64
 
+/* Upper bound on the number of --skip-compress suffixes accepted from the wire.
+ * Each suffix is an independent wire string (up to MAX_STRING_SIZE = 64 KiB), so
+ * without this a hostile pre-auth client could otherwise retain
+ * skip_count * MAX_STRING_SIZE bytes on the server before authentication; 256
+ * covers any realistic suffix list while keeping the worst case small. */
+#define MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES 256
+
+/* Aggregate ceiling on the bytes retained by ALL strings in one received config
+ * frame (version, send/receive roots, backup/temp/partial/suffix, compression
+ * choice, chmod spec, skip-compress suffixes, basis paths, module, auth user,
+ * iconv spec, ...).  The config frame is parsed BEFORE authentication and every
+ * one of these strings lives for the whole connection, so this cumulative
+ * (never released) budget bounds the pre-auth memory a single connection can
+ * pin.  MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES / MAX_BASIS_DIRS bound the individual
+ * repeatable counts; this budget bounds their product and any single oversized
+ * field. */
+#define MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES (1ULL * 1024 * 1024)
+
 /* Identity-mapping sentinels and bounds (see identity.h for semantics).
  * IDENTITY_MATCH_ANY is a usermap/groupmap FROM '*' (matches any id);
  * IDENTITY_CURRENT is a chown / map TO '*' (resolve to the receiver's current
diff --git a/tests/test_config.c b/tests/test_config.c
index 4ffc49f..003d768 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.c
+++ b/tests/test_config.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "queue.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -1846,6 +1847,89 @@ static void test_config_receive_rejects_copy_as_without_metadata() {
   config_delete(c);
 }
 
+/* Like roundtrip_config_ok, but the parent is the RECEIVER so the frame can be
+   rejected MID-way, before the sender finishes writing it.  The sender child
+   ignores SIGPIPE so the receiver closing early cannot kill it; the parent
+   waits for the child to exit after observing the rejection. */
+static bool roundtrip_config_rejected(const Config* send_cfg) {
+  int p[2];
+  if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, p) != 0)
+    return false;
+  pid_t pid = fork();
+  if (pid == 0) {
+    (void)signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+    close(p[0]);
+    io_set_fds(p[1], p[1]);
+    config_send(p[1], send_cfg);
+    close(p[1]);
+    _exit(0);
+  }
+  close(p[1]);
+  io_set_fds(p[0], p[0]);
+  Config* recv = config_receive(p[0]);
+  bool rejected = recv == NULL;
+  config_delete(recv);
+  close(p[0]);
+  int status;
+  waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+  return rejected;
+}
+
+/* Build a Config with `count` --skip-compress suffixes, each `suffix_len` bytes
+   long, for the pre-auth config-string budget tests. */
+static Config* make_skip_compress_config(int count, size_t suffix_len) {
+  Config* c = config_create();
+  if (!c)
+    return NULL;
+  c->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
+  c->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
+  c->skip_compress_set = true;
+  c->skip_compress_count = count;
+  c->skip_compress_suffixes = calloc((size_t)count, sizeof(char*));
+  if (!c->skip_compress_suffixes) {
+    config_delete(c);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  char* suffix = malloc(suffix_len + 1);
+  if (!suffix) {
+    config_delete(c);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  memset(suffix, 'x', suffix_len);
+  suffix[suffix_len] = '\0';
+  for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+    c->skip_compress_suffixes[i] = str_dup(suffix);
+  free(suffix);
+  return c;
+}
+
+/* Pre-auth memory bound: one connection must not retain unbounded config
+   strings.  An over-limit --skip-compress count is refused, and even an
+   in-range count cannot exceed the aggregate per-connection string budget. */
+static void test_config_receive_rejects_oversized_string_budget() {
+  if (is_running_under_valgrind())
+    return;
+
+  /* Exactly MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES tiny suffixes are accepted. */
+  Config* ok = make_skip_compress_config(MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES, 1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ok);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(roundtrip_config_ok(ok));
+  config_delete(ok);
+
+  /* One suffix over the count cap is rejected before any suffix is read. */
+  Config* over_count = make_skip_compress_config(MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES + 1, 1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(over_count);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(roundtrip_config_rejected(over_count));
+  config_delete(over_count);
+
+  /* In-range count, but the strings together exceed MAX_CONFIG_STRING_BYTES
+     (64 suffixes * ~64 KiB > 1 MiB), so the aggregate budget rejects it. */
+  Config* over_bytes = make_skip_compress_config(64, MAX_STRING_SIZE - 1);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(over_bytes);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(roundtrip_config_rejected(over_bytes));
+  config_delete(over_bytes);
+}
+
 /* identity_copy_as_refused() is the pure, pre-snapshot refusal predicate: a
    --copy-as is refused when the receiver is not root OR the effective super
    mode is OFF (an operator veto), and never when --copy-as is unset. */
@@ -2009,6 +2093,7 @@ void test_config() {
     test_config_copy_as_wire_roundtrip();
     test_config_receive_rejects_negative_copy_as();
     test_config_receive_rejects_copy_as_without_metadata();
+    test_config_receive_rejects_oversized_string_budget();
     test_config_receive_with_validate_rejects();
   }
   test_identity_copy_as_refused();

From a90e234eb3d7c7d4b8c423e7d5defe4f6b1e026d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TapTap <taptap.programming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:59:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] harden: overflow guards, auth-user validation, TLS1.3
 policy, build hardening

---
 .gitea/workflows/ci.yaml   | 12 +++++-----
 CMakeLists.txt             | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/shared/array_list.c    |  3 +++
 src/shared/daemon_conf.c   |  7 ++++++
 src/shared/file_list.c     |  4 +++-
 src/shared/transport_ssh.c |  2 +-
 src/shared/transport_tls.c | 12 ++++++++++
 tests/test_array_list.c    | 20 +++++++++++++++-
 tests/test_daemon_conf.c   | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6fb81bb..bc08d57 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     container: gitea.tap-tap.win/taptap/fastsync-ci:v10
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: clang-format check
         run: find src/ tests/ -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' | xargs clang-format --dry-run --Werror
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: lint
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -B build -S . -DSTRICT_WARNINGS=ON
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         sanitizer: [address, undefined]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -B build-${{ matrix.sanitizer }} -S . -DSANITIZER=${{ matrix.sanitizer }}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: Configure (clang + fuzz)
         run: CC=clang CXX=clang++ cmake -B build-fuzz -S . -DENABLE_FUZZ=ON
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -B build -S . -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
 
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -B build -S . -DSTRICT_WARNINGS=ON
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ec3b24..ff92672 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,11 +38,24 @@ if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
 	add_link_options(--coverage)
 endif()
 
+# --- Build hardening option ---
+# Production hardening is applied to the shipping server/client binaries only,
+# and only when no sanitizer or coverage instrumentation is active: sanitizers
+# carry their own instrumentation, and _FORTIFY_SOURCE requires an optimising
+# build (never the -O0 used for coverage).
+option(ENABLE_HARDENING "Enable compiler/linker hardening for production targets" ON)
+set(HARDENING_ACTIVE OFF)
+if(ENABLE_HARDENING AND SANITIZER STREQUAL "none" AND NOT ENABLE_COVERAGE)
+	set(HARDENING_ACTIVE ON)
+endif()
+
 include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   xxhash
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash
-  GIT_TAG v0.8.3
+  # v0.8.3 is a lightweight tag pointing at this exact commit (no ^{} peel
+  # entry); pin the commit SHA instead of the mutable tag.
+  GIT_TAG e626a72bc2321cd320e953a0ccf1584cad60f363 # v0.8.3
   SOURCE_SUBDIR cmake_unofficial
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(xxhash)
@@ -73,6 +86,33 @@ add_executable(client ${CLIENT_SRCS} ${SHARED_SRCS} ${FILE_STORE_SRCS} ${SERVER_
 target_include_directories(client PRIVATE src/shared src/server src/client)
 target_link_libraries(client PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${ZSTD_LIBRARY} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto xxhash)
 
+# --- Production hardening ---
+# Each compile flag is probed so a compiler/architecture that lacks it still
+# configures cleanly.  _FORTIFY_SOURCE is guarded separately because it only
+# works in an optimising build.  xxHash is a static archive built by
+# FetchContent, so it must be position-independent for the -pie link.
+if(HARDENING_ACTIVE)
+	set_target_properties(xxhash PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+	include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
+	foreach(flag -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -fPIE)
+		string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "HARDEN_${flag}" _harden_var)
+		check_c_compiler_flag("${flag}" ${_harden_var})
+	endforeach()
+	check_c_compiler_flag("-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" HARDEN_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
+	foreach(target server client)
+		foreach(flag -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -fPIE)
+			string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "HARDEN_${flag}" _harden_var)
+			if(${_harden_var})
+				target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE ${flag})
+			endif()
+		endforeach()
+		if(HARDEN_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
+			target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)
+		endif()
+		target_link_options(${target} PRIVATE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,noexecstack)
+	endforeach()
+endif()
+
 # --- Testing ---
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/src/shared/array_list.c b/src/shared/array_list.c
index 95799b0..7813e6d 100644
--- a/src/shared/array_list.c
+++ b/src/shared/array_list.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "array_list.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ void array_list_delete(ArrayList* array_list) {
 static bool array_list_extend(ArrayList* array_list) {
   if (array_list == NULL)
     return false;
+  if (array_list->capacity > INT_MAX / 2)
+    return false;
   int new_capacity = array_list->capacity * 2;
   if (new_capacity == 0)
     new_capacity = INITIAL_ARRAY_SIZE;
diff --git a/src/shared/daemon_conf.c b/src/shared/daemon_conf.c
index e806549..7a1c83d 100644
--- a/src/shared/daemon_conf.c
+++ b/src/shared/daemon_conf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "daemon_conf.h"
+#include "credentials.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -192,6 +193,12 @@ static bool apply_module_key(DaemonModule* module, char* key, char* value, char*
       const char* user = trim_ws(token);
       if (*user == '\0')
         continue;
+      if (!credentials_username_valid(user)) {
+        set_error(err, err_size, "module '%s': invalid 'auth users' entry '%s'", module->name,
+                  user);
+        free(list);
+        return false;
+      }
       char** grown =
           realloc(module->auth_users, (size_t)(module->auth_user_count + 1) * sizeof(char*));
       if (!grown) {
diff --git a/src/shared/file_list.c b/src/shared/file_list.c
index 8e40c78..528c8d4 100644
--- a/src/shared/file_list.c
+++ b/src/shared/file_list.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ static int normalize_entry(const char* raw, size_t len, bool strip_line_endings,
   if (len == 0)
     return 0;
   if (raw[0] == '/') {
-    snprintf(err, err_size, "absolute path entries are not allowed: '%.*s'", (int)len, raw);
+    int print_len = len > (size_t)INT_MAX ? INT_MAX : (int)len;
+    snprintf(err, err_size, "absolute path entries are not allowed: '%.*s'", print_len, raw);
     return -1;
   }
   /* Reject NUL bytes inside a token defensively (NUL-delimited mode splits on
diff --git a/src/shared/transport_ssh.c b/src/shared/transport_ssh.c
index b5010ac..97eb1ea 100644
--- a/src/shared/transport_ssh.c
+++ b/src/shared/transport_ssh.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ char* ssh_build_remote_command(const char* server_path, bool old_args, char* con
         q++;
       len++;
     }
-    if (len > SIZE_MAX - q * 3 || len + q * 3 + 3 > SIZE_MAX - command_len)
+    if (q > (SIZE_MAX - len) / 3 || len + q * 3 + 3 > SIZE_MAX - command_len)
       return NULL;
     command_len += len + q * 3 + 3;
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/transport_tls.c b/src/shared/transport_tls.c
index 85bb5a1..81aa483 100644
--- a/src/shared/transport_tls.c
+++ b/src/shared/transport_tls.c
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ static SSL_CTX* create_ssl_ctx(bool is_server, const char* cert, const char* key
     SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
     return NULL;
   }
+  /* TLS 1.3 ciphersuites are configured separately from the TLS 1.2 and below
+   * cipher list above.  Pin the three AEAD suites OpenSSL offers, dropping
+   * TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256 and the CCM_8 variant, and fail closed if the
+   * library rejects the policy.  SSL_CTX_set_ciphersuites needs OpenSSL 1.1.1;
+   * earlier versions have no TLS 1.3, so the call is compile-guarded. */
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L
+  if (SSL_CTX_set_ciphersuites(
+          ctx, "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256") != 1) {
+    SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+#endif
 
   if (cert && key) {
     struct stat key_stat;
diff --git a/tests/test_array_list.c b/tests/test_array_list.c
index 964458d..a917dae 100644
--- a/tests/test_array_list.c
+++ b/tests/test_array_list.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "test_array_list.h"
 #include "array_list.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 static int destroyer_calls = 0;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ static void test_destroyer(void* item) {
   free(item);
 }
 
-void test_array_list() {
+static void test_array_list_basic() {
   ArrayList* list = array_list_create(free);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(list);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(list->size, 0);
@@ -54,3 +55,20 @@ void test_array_list() {
   array_list_delete(list);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(destroyer_calls, 106);
 }
+
+/* A capacity that would overflow `capacity * 2` must be refused instead of
+ * wrapping into signed-overflow UB; array_list_add surfaces the failure. */
+static void test_array_list_extend_overflow_guard() {
+  ArrayList* list = array_list_create(NULL);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(list);
+  list->capacity = INT_MAX / 2 + 1;
+  list->size = list->capacity;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(array_list_add(list, NULL));
+  list->size = 0;
+  array_list_delete(list);
+}
+
+void test_array_list() {
+  test_array_list_basic();
+  test_array_list_extend_overflow_guard();
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_daemon_conf.c b/tests/test_daemon_conf.c
index 9580f8b..1f54a2e 100644
--- a/tests/test_daemon_conf.c
+++ b/tests/test_daemon_conf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "test_daemon_conf.h"
+#include "credentials.h"
 #include "daemon_conf.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -320,6 +321,51 @@ static void test_daemon_conf_dparam_override() {
   daemon_conf_free(conf);
 }
 
+/* Each `auth users` entry is validated with the same username rule as the
+ * credential store, so invisible whitespace/control characters can never make
+ * an exact strcmp match ambiguous. */
+static void test_daemon_conf_auth_users_validated() {
+  char* path;
+  char err[256];
+  const DaemonConf* conf;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(write_conf("[m]\npath = /x\nauth users = alice, bad user\n", &path), 0);
+  conf = daemon_conf_load(path, err, sizeof(err));
+  free(path);
+  EXPECT_NULL(conf);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strstr(err, "invalid 'auth users' entry") != NULL);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(write_conf("[m]\npath = /x\nauth users = good\tbad\n", &path), 0);
+  conf = daemon_conf_load(path, err, sizeof(err));
+  free(path);
+  EXPECT_NULL(conf);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(strstr(err, "invalid 'auth users' entry") != NULL);
+
+  /* An over-long name exceeds CREDENTIAL_MAX_USER_LEN and is rejected. */
+  {
+    char body[CREDENTIAL_MAX_USER_LEN + 128];
+    int n = snprintf(body, sizeof(body), "[m]\npath = /x\nauth users = ");
+    memset(body + n, 'a', CREDENTIAL_MAX_USER_LEN + 1);
+    body[n + CREDENTIAL_MAX_USER_LEN + 1] = '\n';
+    body[n + CREDENTIAL_MAX_USER_LEN + 2] = '\0';
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(write_conf(body, &path), 0);
+    conf = daemon_conf_load(path, err, sizeof(err));
+    free(path);
+    EXPECT_NULL(conf);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(strstr(err, "invalid 'auth users' entry") != NULL);
+  }
+
+  /* Empty entries between commas are skipped, not treated as invalid. */
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(write_conf("[m]\npath = /x\nauth users = alice,, bob\n", &path), 0);
+  DaemonConf* ok_conf = daemon_conf_load(path, err, sizeof(err));
+  free(path);
+  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ok_conf);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ok_conf->modules[0].auth_user_count, 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(ok_conf->modules[0].auth_users[0], "alice");
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(ok_conf->modules[0].auth_users[1], "bob");
+  daemon_conf_free(ok_conf);
+}
+
 static void test_daemon_module_name_valid() {
   EXPECT_TRUE(daemon_module_name_valid("backup"));
   EXPECT_TRUE(daemon_module_name_valid("Backup_2"));
@@ -351,5 +397,6 @@ void test_daemon_conf() {
   test_daemon_conf_missing_file_rejected();
   test_daemon_conf_find_module();
   test_daemon_conf_dparam_override();
+  test_daemon_conf_auth_users_validated();
   test_daemon_module_name_valid();
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From ea2f76cd7a2144a633e2f4723a9a5e9776b13b2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TapTap <taptap.programming@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 01:18:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fix(receiver): charge per-entry DirTimeList cost; cap
 client --skip-compress

---
 src/client/client_cli.c   | 5 +++++
 src/shared/file_receive.c | 8 ++++++--
 tests/test_file.c         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/client/client_cli.c b/src/client/client_cli.c
index 400be1b..6600ec0 100644
--- a/src/client/client_cli.c
+++ b/src/client/client_cli.c
@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ static int parse_skip_compress(Config* config, const char* value) {
       token[--len] = '\0';
     if (len == 0)
       continue;
+    if (config->skip_compress_count >= MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "--skip-compress supports at most %d suffixes\n", MAX_SKIP_COMPRESS_SUFFIXES);
+      free(list);
+      return -1;
+    }
     if (config_add_pattern(&config->skip_compress_suffixes, &config->skip_compress_count, token,
                            "--skip-compress") != 0) {
       free(list);
diff --git a/src/shared/file_receive.c b/src/shared/file_receive.c
index f21867c..477fa68 100644
--- a/src/shared/file_receive.c
+++ b/src/shared/file_receive.c
@@ -2274,7 +2274,11 @@ bool dir_time_list_add(DirTimeList* list, const char* wire_path, const FileMetad
      touching the list, leaving it exactly as it was (the caller fails the
      transfer, which becomes a clean protocol error). */
   size_t path_len = strlen(wire_path);
-  if (list->count >= MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES || path_len > MAX_DIR_TIME_BYTES - list->bytes)
+  /* Charge the whole per-entry cost (path copy + pointer slot + metadata
+     struct), not just the path, so the array growth is bounded by the same
+     cumulative budget. */
+  size_t entry_cost = path_len + sizeof(FileMetadata) + sizeof(char*);
+  if (list->count >= MAX_DIR_TIME_ENTRIES || entry_cost > MAX_DIR_TIME_BYTES - list->bytes)
     return false;
   if (list->count == list->capacity) {
     size_t new_capacity = list->capacity == 0 ? 16 : list->capacity * 2;
@@ -2302,7 +2306,7 @@ bool dir_time_list_add(DirTimeList* list, const char* wire_path, const FileMetad
   list->paths[list->count] = copy;
   list->entries[list->count] = *metadata;
   list->count++;
-  list->bytes += path_len;
+  list->bytes += entry_cost;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_file.c b/tests/test_file.c
index 0f0225d..928f544 100644
--- a/tests/test_file.c
+++ b/tests/test_file.c
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static void test_dir_time_list_cap() {
       EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes == before_bytes);
     } else {
       EXPECT_TRUE(list.count == before_count + 1);
-      EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes == before_bytes + path_len);
+      EXPECT_TRUE(list.bytes == before_bytes + path_len + sizeof(FileMetadata) + sizeof(char*));
     }
   }
   EXPECT_TRUE(rejected);