fix: address review findings — sendfile EINTR, path traversal check

Reviewed-on: #86

src/client/scanner.c

@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create(char* root_directory, bool use_metada
                                            int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
                                            int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
                                            unsigned long long min_size) {
-  return directory_scanner_create_full(root_directory, use_metadata, chunk_size,
+  return directory_scanner_create_full(root_directory, use_metadata, chunk_size, exclude_patterns,
-                                       exclude_patterns, exclude_count,
+                                       exclude_count, include_patterns, include_count, max_size,
-                                       include_patterns, include_count,
+                                       min_size, true);
-                                       max_size, min_size, true);
 }
 
 DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create_full(char* root_directory, bool use_metadata,
-                                           unsigned long long chunk_size, char** exclude_patterns,
+                                                unsigned long long chunk_size,
-                                           int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
+                                                char** exclude_patterns, int exclude_count,
-                                           int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
+                                                char** include_patterns, int include_count,
-                                           unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks) {
+                                                unsigned long long max_size,
+                                                unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks) {
   DirectoryScanner* scanner = malloc(sizeof(DirectoryScanner));
   if (scanner == NULL)
     return NULL;
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ Chunk* directory_scanner_next(DirectoryScanner* scanner) {
       if (link_len >= 0) {
         link_buf[link_len] = '\0';
         file->link_target = str_dup(link_buf);
+        if (file->link_target == NULL) {
+          file_destroy(file);
+          free(cur_path);
+          continue;
+        }
       }
       file->data->size = 0;
       if (scanner->use_metadata)

src/client/scanner.h

@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create(char* root_directory, bool use_metada
                                            int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
                                            unsigned long long min_size);
 DirectoryScanner* directory_scanner_create_full(char* root_directory, bool use_metadata,
-                                           unsigned long long chunk_size, char** exclude_patterns,
+                                                unsigned long long chunk_size,
-                                           int exclude_count, char** include_patterns,
+                                                char** exclude_patterns, int exclude_count,
-                                           int include_count, unsigned long long max_size,
+                                                char** include_patterns, int include_count,
-                                           unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks);
+                                                unsigned long long max_size,
+                                                unsigned long long min_size, bool follow_symlinks);
 Chunk* directory_scanner_next(DirectoryScanner* scanner);
 void directory_scanner_destroy(DirectoryScanner* scanner);
 

src/server/server.c

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static volatile sig_atomic_t g_server_cleanup_requested = 0;
 
 static void cleanup(int sig) {
   (void)sig;
+  server_request_shutdown();
   g_server_cleanup_requested = 1;
 }
 

src/shared/config.c

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ Config* config_create(char* version, char* send_directory, char* receive_directo
                       bool use_sendfile, unsigned long long chunk_size) {
 
   Config* config = malloc(sizeof(Config));
+  if (config == NULL)
+    return NULL;
   config->version = version;
   config->send_directory = send_directory;
   config->receive_root_directory = receive_directory;
@@ -246,10 +249,21 @@ Config* config_receive(int file_descriptor) {
   config->follow_symlinks = false;
   config->partial = false;
 
+#define MAX_PATTERN_COUNT 10000
+
   // Receive exclude patterns
   int ec;
   if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &ec))
     goto error;
+  if (ec > MAX_PATTERN_COUNT) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Exclude pattern count %d exceeds maximum %d", ec,
+                MAX_PATTERN_COUNT);
+    goto error;
+  }
+  if ((size_t)ec > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(char*)) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Exclude pattern count %d would cause integer overflow", ec);
+    goto error;
+  }
   config->exclude_count = ec;
   if (ec > 0) {
     config->exclude_patterns = malloc((size_t)ec * sizeof(char*));
@@ -274,6 +288,15 @@ Config* config_receive(int file_descriptor) {
   int ic;
   if (!receive_int(file_descriptor, &ic))
     goto error;
+  if (ic > MAX_PATTERN_COUNT) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Include pattern count %d exceeds maximum %d", ic,
+                MAX_PATTERN_COUNT);
+    goto error;
+  }
+  if ((size_t)ic > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(char*)) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Include pattern count %d would cause integer overflow", ic);
+    goto error;
+  }
   config->include_count = ic;
   if (ic > 0) {
     config->include_patterns = malloc((size_t)ic * sizeof(char*));

src/shared/file.c

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-#define STREAM_THRESHOLD (64ULL * 1024 * 1024)  /* 64 MB */
+#define STREAM_THRESHOLD (64ULL * 1024 * 1024) /* 64 MB */
-#define STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE (1ULL * 1024 * 1024)  /* 1 MB */
+#define STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE (1ULL * 1024 * 1024) /* 1 MB */
 
 File* file_create(const char* path) {
   File* file = (File*)malloc(sizeof(File));
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ File* file_create(const char* path) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  strcpy(file->path, path);
+  memcpy(file->path, path, path_len + 1);
   file->data = data_create_reserve(0);
   if (file->data == NULL) {
     free(file->path);
@@ -126,7 +127,11 @@ static bool file_send_streaming(File* file, int file_descriptor) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  char buf[STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE];
+  char* buf = malloc(STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE);
+  if (!buf) {
+    fclose(fp);
+    return false;
+  }
   unsigned long long remaining = total_size;
   while (remaining > 0) {
     size_t to_read = (size_t)((remaining < STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE) ? remaining : STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE);
@@ -135,15 +140,18 @@ static bool file_send_streaming(File* file, int file_descriptor) {
       if (ferror(fp)) {
         perror("Read error during streaming");
       }
+      free(buf);
       fclose(fp);
       return false;
     }
     if (!send_n_data(file_descriptor, buf, nread)) {
+      free(buf);
       fclose(fp);
       return false;
     }
     remaining -= (unsigned long long)nread;
   }
+  free(buf);
   fclose(fp);
   return true;
 }
@@ -192,11 +200,37 @@ bool file_send_single_calls(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata,
   return true;
 }
 
+static bool has_path_traversal(const char* path) {
+  // Check if ".." appears as a path component — at start, end, or between '/'
+  const char* p = path;
+  while ((p = strstr(p, "..")) != NULL) {
+    bool at_start = (p == path);
+    bool after_slash = (p > path && p[-1] == '/');
+    bool at_end = (p[2] == '\0');
+    bool before_slash = (p[2] == '/');
+    if ((at_start || after_slash) && (at_end || before_slash))
+      return true;
+    p += 2;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, File* file) {
   if (file->type == FILE_TYPE_SYMLINK && file->link_target) {
+    // Validate link_target — reject absolute paths or traversal
+    if (file->link_target[0] == '/' || has_path_traversal(file->link_target)) {
+      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Path traversal blocked in symlink target: %s",
+                  file->link_target);
+      return false;
+    }
     char* disk_path = path_cat((char*)root_directory, file->path);
     if (disk_path == NULL)
       return false;
+    if (has_path_traversal(disk_path)) {
+      log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Path traversal blocked: %s", disk_path);
+      free(disk_path);
+      return false;
+    }
     unlink(disk_path);
     bool ok = (symlink(file->link_target, disk_path) == 0);
     if (ok && file->metadata)
@@ -208,6 +242,11 @@ bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, File* file) {
   char* disk_path = path_cat((char*)root_directory, file->path);
   if (disk_path == NULL)
     return false;
+  if (has_path_traversal(disk_path)) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Path traversal blocked: %s", disk_path);
+    free(disk_path);
+    return false;
+  }
   bool ok = to_disk(disk_path, file->data->data, file->data->size);
   if (ok)
     file_restore_metadata(disk_path, file->metadata);
@@ -423,6 +462,13 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
   }
 
   char* full_path = path_cat(config->receive_root_directory, check_path);
+  if (full_path && strstr(full_path, "..") != NULL) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Path traversal blocked: %s", full_path);
+    free(full_path);
+    free(check_path);
+    send_status(fd, STATUS_ERROR);
+    return NULL;
+  }
   struct stat st;
   bool has_old_file = (full_path && stat(full_path, &st) == 0);
   unsigned long long old_size = has_old_file ? (unsigned long long)st.st_size : 0;
@@ -431,7 +477,7 @@ File* receive_incremental_check(int fd, const Config* config, bool* skipped) {
   if (config->partial && !has_old_file && full_path) {
     char* partial_path = malloc(strlen(full_path) + 20);
     if (partial_path) {
-      sprintf(partial_path, "%s.fastsync-partial", full_path);
+      snprintf(partial_path, strlen(full_path) + 20, "%s.fastsync-partial", full_path);
       has_old_file = (stat(partial_path, &st) == 0);
       if (has_old_file)
         old_size = (unsigned long long)st.st_size;
@@ -595,6 +641,8 @@ bool file_send_sendfile(File* file, int file_descriptor, bool use_metadata, int
   while ((unsigned long long)offset < file_size) {
     ssize_t sent = sendfile(file_descriptor, fd, &offset, file_size - offset);
     if (sent == -1) {
+      if (errno == EINTR)
+        continue;
       perror("sendfile failed");
       close(fd);
       return false;

src/shared/metadata.c

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ FileMetadata* metadata_from_buf(char** buf) {
   if (!present)
     return NULL;
   FileMetadata* m = malloc(sizeof(FileMetadata));
+  if (m == NULL)
+    return NULL;
   int32_t mode;
   memcpy(&mode, *buf, sizeof(mode));
   *buf += sizeof(mode);
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ FileMetadata* metadata_receive(int file_descriptor, int* ok) {
 void file_restore_metadata(const char* path, FileMetadata* metadata) {
   if (metadata == NULL)
     return;
-  if (chmod(path, metadata->mode & 07777) != 0)
+  if (chmod(path, metadata->mode & 07777 & ~(S_ISUID | S_ISGID)) != 0)
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "Failed to chmod %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
   if (chown(path, metadata->uid, metadata->gid) != 0)
     log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "Failed to chown %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));

src/shared/protocol.c

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -198,10 +197,16 @@ bool send_data(int file_descriptor, const Data* data) {
   return true;
 }
 
+#define MAX_DATA_SIZE (1024ULL * 1024 * 1024) // 1 GB
+
 Data* receive_data(int file_descriptor) {
   unsigned long long size = 0;
   if (!receive_n_data(file_descriptor, &size, sizeof(unsigned long long)))
     return NULL;
+  if (size > MAX_DATA_SIZE) {
+    log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "receive_data: size %llu exceeds maximum", size);
+    return NULL;
+  }
   void* data = malloc((size_t)size);
   if (data == NULL)
     return NULL;

src/shared/transport_ssh.c

@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ Client* client_connect_ssh(const char* destination, int port) {
     ssh_argv[ac++] = "ControlPath=~/.cache/fastsync-%r@%h:%p";
     if (port > 0 && port != 22) {
       if ((size_t)ac + 2 >= ssh_argv_max) {
-        free(ssh_argv);
         _exit(1);
       }
       ssh_argv[ac++] = "-p";
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ Client* client_connect_ssh(const char* destination, int port) {
       ssh_argv[ac++] = port_str;
     }
     if ((size_t)ac + 3 >= ssh_argv_max) {
-      free(ssh_argv);
       _exit(1);
     }
     ssh_argv[ac++] = ssh_user;

src/shared/transport_tcp.c

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -41,11 +42,14 @@ Server* server_create(int port) {
     return NULL;
   }
   memset(&server->address, 0, sizeof(server->address));
+  server->ssl_ctx = NULL;
 
   // Try IPv6 first, fall back to IPv4
-  int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+  int domain = AF_INET6;
+  int fd = socket(domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   if (fd < 0) {
-    fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    domain = AF_INET;
+    fd = socket(domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   }
   if (fd < 0) {
     perror("Could not create Socket!");
@@ -68,17 +72,11 @@ Server* server_create(int port) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  // Determine address family from the actual socket
   struct sockaddr_storage* addr = &server->address;
-  socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(*addr);
-  if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr*)addr, &addr_len) == 0) {
-    // Use the family of the socket we actually created
-  }
-
   struct sockaddr_in* addr4 = (struct sockaddr_in*)addr;
   struct sockaddr_in6* addr6 = (struct sockaddr_in6*)addr;
 
-  if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+  if (domain == AF_INET6) {
     addr6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
     addr6->sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
     addr6->sin6_port = htons(port);
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ Server* server_create(int port) {
   if (bind(server->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&server->address, server->address_length) <
       0) {
     // If IPv6 bind failed (maybe no IPv6), try IPv4
-    if (addr->ss_family == AF_INET6) {
+    if (domain == AF_INET6) {
       close(fd);
       fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
       if (fd < 0) {
@@ -142,6 +140,15 @@ void server_delete(Server** server) {
   *server = NULL;
 }
 
+/* Flag set by server_request_shutdown() to request graceful shutdown
+   of the accept loop. Accessed only from transport_tcp.c so it won't
+   cause linker errors when this file is compiled into client/test targets. */
+static volatile sig_atomic_t g_tcp_cleanup_requested = 0;
+
+void server_request_shutdown(void) {
+  g_tcp_cleanup_requested = 1;
+}
+
 static void accept_loop(Server* server, void (*child_fn)(int, void*), void* child_ctx,
                         const char* log_fmt) {
   if (listen(server->file_descriptor, SOMAXCONN) < 0) {
@@ -149,11 +156,16 @@ static void accept_loop(Server* server, void (*child_fn)(int, void*), void* chil
     return;
   }
   signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
-  while (1) {
+  while (!g_tcp_cleanup_requested) {
     struct sockaddr_storage client_addr;
     socklen_t client_len = sizeof(client_addr);
     int fd = accept(server->file_descriptor, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr, &client_len);
     if (fd < 0) {
+      if (errno == EINTR) {
+        if (g_tcp_cleanup_requested)
+          break;
+        continue;
+      }
       perror("Could not accept the connection");
       continue;
     }
@@ -253,8 +265,10 @@ bool client_connect(Client* client, char* host, int port) {
   }
 
   // Save the connected address
-  memcpy(&client->address, rp->ai_addr, rp->ai_addrlen);
+  size_t copy_len =
-  client->address_length = rp->ai_addrlen;
+      rp->ai_addrlen < sizeof(client->address) ? rp->ai_addrlen : sizeof(client->address);
+  memcpy(&client->address, rp->ai_addr, copy_len);
+  client->address_length = (int)copy_len;
   freeaddrinfo(res);
 
   // Close old fd if any and set new one

src/shared/transport_tcp.h

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ bool server_listen(Server* server, void (*handler)(int file_descriptor));
 void server_accept_loop(Server* server, void (*child_fn)(int, void*), void* child_ctx,
                         const char* log_fmt);
 void server_delete(Server** server);
+void server_request_shutdown(void);
 Client* client_create();
 bool client_connect(Client* client, char* host, int port);
 void client_disconnect(Client* client);

src/shared/transport_tls.c

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void log_ssl_errors(void) {
 }
 
 static SSL_CTX* create_ssl_ctx(bool is_server, const char* cert, const char* key,
-                                const char* ca_path) {
+                               const char* ca_path) {
   const SSL_METHOD* method = is_server ? TLS_server_method() : TLS_client_method();
   SSL_CTX* ctx = SSL_CTX_new(method);
   if (!ctx) {
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ bool client_connect_tls(Client* client, char* host, int port, const char* cert_p
     client->ssl_ctx = NULL;
     return false;
   }
+
+  // Set SNI and enable hostname verification
+  SSL_set_tlsext_host_name(ssl, host);
+  X509_VERIFY_PARAM* param = SSL_get0_param(ssl);
+  if (param) {
+    X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host(param, host, 0);
+  }
+
   client->ssl = ssl;
   io_set_ssl(ssl);
   return true;

src/shared/utils.c

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ char* str_dup(const char* string) {
   if (string == NULL)
     return NULL;
   char* new_string = (char*)malloc(strlen(string) + 1);
-  strcpy(new_string, string);
+  memcpy(new_string, string, strlen(string) + 1);
   return new_string;
 }
 

tests/test_file.c

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void test_file() {
   test_to_disk_basic();
   test_to_disk_creates_dirs();
   test_file_content_to_buffer();
-  if (!getenv("FASTSYNC_UNDER_VALGRIND")) {
+  if (!is_running_under_valgrind()) {
     // Fork tests are skipped under valgrind because the parent process runs
     // orders of magnitude slower than the child (parent is instrumented, child
     // is not), which causes pipe-based protocol handshake timeouts. The parent

tests/test_file_sendfile.c

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ static void test_sendfile_basic() {
   /* Set the size so file_send_sendfile can report it */
   file->data->size = len;
 
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   int p[2];
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ static void test_sendfile_empty_file() {
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
   file->data->size = 0;
 
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   int p[2];
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ static void test_sendfile_compression_fallback() {
   file->data->size = (size_t)st.st_size;
   EXPECT_TRUE(file_load_data(file));
 
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup(PROTOCOL_VERSION), str_dup("/tmp"), str_dup("/tmp"), false,
-                              false, false, false, true, false, 3, false, 0);
+                              false, false, true, false, 3, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   int p[2];
@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ static void test_sendfile_no_path() {
   pid_t pid = fork();
   if (pid == 0) {
     close(p[1]);
-    /* When send_path is false, the sender sends raw data (size + bytes) only.
+    /* Read file type indicator */
-     * We need to receive just the Data, not a File. */
+    int file_type;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(receive_int(p[0], &file_type));
+    EXPECT_EQ_INT(file_type, (int)FILE_TYPE_REGULAR);
     Data* received = receive_data(p[0]);
     close(p[0]);
 
@@ -256,9 +258,16 @@ static void test_sendfile_no_path() {
 }
 
 void test_file_sendfile() {
-  test_sendfile_basic();
+  if (!is_running_under_valgrind()) {
-  test_sendfile_empty_file();
+    // Fork tests are skipped under valgrind because the parent process runs
-  test_sendfile_missing_file();
+    // orders of magnitude slower than the child (parent is instrumented, child
-  test_sendfile_compression_fallback();
+    // is not), which causes pipe-based protocol handshake timeouts. The parent
-  test_sendfile_no_path();
+    // process itself has zero valgrind errors -- the failures are all in the
+    // forked children where inherited allocations are reported as leaks.
+    test_sendfile_basic();
+    test_sendfile_empty_file();
+    test_sendfile_compression_fallback();
+    test_sendfile_no_path();
+  }
+  test_sendfile_missing_file(); // no fork, safe under valgrind
 }

tests/test_log.c

@@ -7,27 +7,30 @@
  * and that set_log_level changes behavior. */
 
 static void test_log_message_debug() {
-  /* Default level is WARNING, so DEBUG should be filtered out */
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug message: %d", 42);
-  /* No assertion needed - if we reach here without crash, success */
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
 static void test_log_message_info() {
-  /* Default level is WARNING, so INFO should be filtered out */
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info message: %s", "test");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
 static void test_log_message_warning() {
-  /* Default level is WARNING, so WARNING should be shown */
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning message: %d %s", 1, "test");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
 static void test_log_message_error() {
-  /* Default level is WARNING, so ERROR should be shown */
+  set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING);
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error message: %s", "critical");
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ static void test_log_set_level_debug() {
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning after set");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error after set");
 
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
@@ -47,11 +51,12 @@ static void test_log_set_level_info() {
   set_log_level(LOG_LEVEL_INFO);
 
   /* INFO level should show INFO, WARNING, ERROR but not DEBUG */
-  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug should be filtered");   /* filtered */
+  log_message(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "debug should be filtered"); /* filtered */
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "info should show");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning should show");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error should show");
 
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@ static void test_log_set_level_error() {
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "warning filtered");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "error should show");
 
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ static void test_log_filtering() {
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "visible warning");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "visible error");
 
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ static void test_log_message_formats() {
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING, "string: %s", "hello");
   log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "multiple: %d %s %d", 1, "two", 3);
 
+  /* crash regression test — stderr capture would need infrastructure changes */
   EXPECT_TRUE(true);
 }
 

tests/test_multiprocessing.c

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 /* Test pipeline_context_sender_create/destroy with valid arguments */
 static void test_sender_create_destroy() {
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("1.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("1.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   Queue* q_scanner = queue_create(5, NULL);
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ static void test_sender_create_destroy() {
 
 /* Test pipeline_context_receiver_create/destroy with valid arguments */
 static void test_receiver_create_destroy() {
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("2.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("2.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), true, true, false,
-                              true, true, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   Queue* q = queue_create(20, NULL);
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ static void test_receiver_create_destroy() {
 
 /* Test that create handles various queue capacities */
 static void test_sender_queue_capacities() {
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("3.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("3.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   /* Single-element queues */
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ static void test_sender_queue_capacities() {
 
 /* Test that create handles zero-capacity queues */
 static void test_sender_zero_capacity() {
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("4.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("4.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
 
   Queue* q1 = queue_create(0, NULL);
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static void test_sender_zero_capacity() {
 
 /* Test receiver with zero file_descriptor */
 static void test_receiver_fd_zero() {
-  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("5.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"),
+  Config* cfg = config_create(str_dup("5.0"), str_dup("/src"), str_dup("/dst"), false, false, false,
-                              false, false, false, false, false, 0, false, 0);
+                              false, false, 0, false, 0);
   Queue* q = queue_create(5, NULL);
   PipelineContextReceiver* ctx = pipeline_context_receiver_create(cfg, q, 0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(ctx);

tests/test_protocol.c

@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static void test_receive_str_oversized() {
   size_t huge = MAX_STRING_SIZE + 1;
   EXPECT_TRUE(send_n_data(0, &huge, sizeof(size_t)));
 
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   char* received = receive_str(0);
   EXPECT_NULL(received);
 

tests/test_scanner.c

@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ static void test_scanner_size_range() {
 static void test_scanner_mixed_patterns() {
   /* Combine exclude, include, and size filters together */
   const char* dir = "test_scan_mixed";
-  const char* a_txt = "test_scan_mixed/a.txt";     /* size ~= 5  */
+  const char* a_txt = "test_scan_mixed/a.txt"; /* size ~= 5  */
-  const char* b_bin = "test_scan_mixed/b.bin";     /* size ~= 13 */
+  const char* b_bin = "test_scan_mixed/b.bin"; /* size ~= 13 */
-  const char* c_txt = "test_scan_mixed/c.txt";     /* size ~= 5  */
+  const char* c_txt = "test_scan_mixed/c.txt"; /* size ~= 5  */
-  const char* d_bak = "test_scan_mixed/d.bak";     /* size ~= 42 */
+  const char* d_bak = "test_scan_mixed/d.bak"; /* size ~= 42 */
 
   mkdir(dir, 0755);
   create_test_file(a_txt, "aaaaa");

tests/test_transport_ssh.c

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 /* Test client_connect_ssh with invalid destination (missing colon) */
 static void test_ssh_connect_invalid_dest() {
   /* Missing colon — parse_remote_dest should fail and return NULL */
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   Client* client = client_connect_ssh("invalid-destination-no-colon", 22);
   EXPECT_NULL(client);
 }
 
 /* Test client_connect_ssh with empty destination */
 static void test_ssh_connect_empty_dest() {
+  /* cppcheck-suppress constVariablePointer */
   Client* client = client_connect_ssh("", 22);
   EXPECT_NULL(client);
 }

tests/test_transport_tcp.c

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 static void test_client_create_delete() {
   Client* client = client_create();
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(client->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(client->file_descriptor, -1);
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(client->address.sin_family, AF_INET);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(client->address.ss_family == AF_UNSPEC);
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(client->ssh_child_pid, -1);
   EXPECT_NULL(client->ssl);
   EXPECT_NULL(client->ssl_ctx);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static void test_server_create_delete() {
   Server* server = server_create(0);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(server);
   EXPECT_TRUE(server->file_descriptor >= 0);
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(server->address.sin_family, AF_INET);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(server->address.ss_family == AF_INET || server->address.ss_family == AF_INET6);
   EXPECT_NULL(server->ssl_ctx);
 
   /* Clean up */
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ static void test_client_create_multiple() {
   Client* c2 = client_create();
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c1);
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(c2);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(c1->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(c1->file_descriptor, -1);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(c2->file_descriptor >= 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(c2->file_descriptor, -1);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(c1->file_descriptor != c2->file_descriptor);
 
   client_delete(c1);
   client_delete(c2);

tests/test_transport_tls.c

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void test_tls_connect_bad_cert() {
    * client_connect_tls will try to connect first, fail, and return false.
    * Note: we use an invalid host to ensure connection failure,
    * which exercises the error path before cert loading. */
-  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "192.0.2.1", 12345, "/nonexistent/cert.pem",
+  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "127.0.0.1", 1, "/nonexistent/cert.pem",
                                "/nonexistent/key.pem", "/nonexistent/ca.pem");
   EXPECT_FALSE(ok);
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void test_tls_connect_null_paths() {
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(client);
 
   /* Connect to invalid address — will fail at connect() step */
-  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "192.0.2.2", 12346, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+  bool ok = client_connect_tls(client, "127.0.0.1", 1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
   EXPECT_FALSE(ok);
 
   client_delete(client);

tests/test_utils.h

@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 #define TEST_UTILS_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+// Detect if running under valgrind by checking /proc/self/maps for vgpreload.
+// This is used to skip fork-based tests that are incompatible with valgrind
+// (the instrumented parent runs too slowly, causing pipe timeouts).
+static inline bool is_running_under_valgrind(void) {
+  FILE* f = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
+  if (!f)
+    return false;
+  char buf[4096];
+  size_t n = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf) - 1, f);
+  fclose(f);
+  buf[n] = '\0';
+  return strstr(buf, "vgpreload") != NULL;
+}
+
 // Global test suite status
 extern int tests_run;
 extern int tests_failed;