Problem: Use-after-free in winframe_remove() (henices)
Solution: Set window_layout_locked() inside winframe_remove()
and check that writing diff files is disallowed when the
window layout is locked.
It can happen with a custom diff expression when removing a window:
1. Buffer was removed, so win_frame_remove() is called to remove the
window.
2. win_frame_remove() → frame_new_height() → scroll_to_fraction()
→ diff_check_fill() (checks for filler lines)
3. diff_check_fill() ends up causing a diff_try_update, and because we
are not using internal diff, it has to first write the file to a
buffer using buf_write()
4. buf_write() is called for a buffer that is not contained within a
window, so it first calls aucmd_prepbuf() to create a new temporary
window before writing the buffer and then later calls
aucmd_restbuf(), which restores the previous window layout, calling
winframe_remove() again, which will free the window/frame structure,
eventually freeing stuff that will still be accessed at step 2.
closes: vim/vim#19064
ead1dda74a
Nvim doesn't have this bug as Nvim uses a floating window as autocommand
window, and removing it doesn't need winframe_remove().
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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