Backport #3810: bounds check iChanID before array access (release/3_12)

[mcfnord]

🤖 AI: Backports #3810's iChanID bounds check to release/3_12. The check calls MathUtils::InRange, which reached main inside #3741's chat-handling refactor and got its half-open interval in #3812, so at ann0see's request the branch is the original commits cherry-picked with -x, authorship preserved, in main's order: #3741's 562d6c66, 16b1ade0, 4f9a532a, 1e1f54ab; #3812's 6d305cb7, 65513e5b, fe98b1ad; #3810's 562cfd84. Base is release/3_12 at e6a87df6.

One conflict, in 6d305cb7: its server.cpp hunk edits the bool form of SendChatTextToConChannel that #3731 gave the method after #3741. Resolved by keeping 562d6c66's void form with the half-open check. #3731 is not on this branch, so SendChatTextToConChannel has no caller here.

MathUtils in util.h is byte-identical to main; the audiomixerboard.cpp hunk is 562cfd84 unchanged; the broadcast path emits the same IsConnected/CreateChatTextMes sequence as before. clang-format-14 --dry-run --Werror is clean on the four touched files; server and client builds link with no warning in any touched file.

Fixes the same issue as #3810, for release/3_12.

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[ann0see]

I don't like this inlining: we should ship the same code as on main.

[mcfnord]

MY LLM WROTE:

@ann0see Fair — pushed 57525a2b to ship the same code as main instead. Rather than inline the check, I backported just MathUtils::InRange (the template method itself, half-open-interval semantics from #3812) into class MathUtils in util.h. release/3_12's MathUtils class already exists, so this is a single self-contained method addition — no dependency on the rest of #3741/#3812's chat refactor. audiomixerboard.cpp's ApplyNewConClientList now calls MathUtils::InRange<int>( iChanID, 0, MAX_NUM_CHANNELS ), byte-for-byte identical to main's 562cfd84.

Verified: clang-format-14 --dry-run --Werror clean, full client build (qmake && make) compiles and links with no errors/warnings.

[pljones]

OK, that's small enough.

[ann0see]

I still prefer the exact same commits cherry picked.

[dingodoppelt]

I'd prefer cherry-picking the original commits. We didn't squash on merge so there are a few which could be squashed only for this backport.

[mcfnord]

MY LLM WROTE:

Force-pushed with actual cherry-picks instead of the hand-written equivalent.

29a13e49 squashes just the src/util.h hunks from the six main commits that shaped MathUtils::InRange into its current form — #3741's 562d6c66 + 4f9a532a, then #3812's 6d305cb7 + 65513e5b + fe98b1ad — applied in that order. I left out their server.cpp/server.h hunks: those belong to #3741's SendChatTextToConChannel/SendChatTextToAllConChannels refactor, which release/3_12 doesn't have and which is out of scope for a bounds-check backport. Squashing was necessary because several of those six commits are one-line follow-ups to each other (comment wording, style) — cherry-picking them individually would have produced intermediate states that don't compile standalone once the chat-refactor hunks are dropped.

f0180425 is git cherry-pick -x 562cfd84 unmodified — same commit, same author, (cherry picked from commit ...) trailer intact.

Net result is identical to the previous push, plus one line I'd missed: the // Returns true if value is in [lower, upper)... comment above InRange, which main has and my earlier hand-typed version didn't. Confirmed byte-for-byte against MathUtils::InRange on main.

Verified: clang-format-14 --dry-run --Werror clean, full client build (qmake && make) compiles and links Jamulus with no errors/warnings.

[ann0see]

Those are still not the same commits as we have on main - due to different authorship. I think you should just git cherrypick the correct ones in the correct order.

[pljones]

I'd prefer cherry-picking the original commits. We didn't squash on merge so there are a few which could be squashed only for this backport.

I failed to find clean ones.

[pljones]

And again.

Please do not set code that has not landed on main to a release branch. Until it's clean and tested on main, it's not eligible for a backport > and that means it can't target a release branch.

(repeating myself unnecessarily...)

[mcfnord]

MY LLM WROTE:

Thanks both. The branch already ships main's code: MathUtils::InRange in util.h is byte-for-byte identical to main, and the audiomixerboard.cpp bounds-check equals #3810's 562cfd84.

The only open question is commit structure. A faithful git cherry-pick -x 562d6c66 onto release/3_12 applies cleanly — but it carries SendChatTextToConChannel/SendChatTextToAllConChannels and their server.cpp/server.h changes with it (6d305cb7 does the same), landing a server chat refactor on a bug-fix branch. That's why this branch squashes only the util.h hunks instead.

So: (a) keep the util.h-only commit — identical to main, no server changes; or (b) cherry-pick the originals and accept the chat refactor on release/3_12. Happy either way — just flagging (b) isn't code-neutral here.

[ann0see]

Not sure. It might be fine to have the chat refactor in.

[ann0see]

@mcfnord I think you should rebase this and add the chat refactor.

Needs re review

Re review

[dingodoppelt]

This looks fine, compiles and works as expected.

[pljones]

Rebase error?

[mcfnord]

🤖 AI: Not a rebase error: the chat refactor is in on purpose. ann0see asked for it, since MathUtils::InRange reached main inside that refactor (#3741) and got its half-open interval in #3812. The branch is eight git cherry-pick -x of the original commits onto release/3_12 at e6a87df6, in main's order: #3741's 562d6c66, 16b1ade0, 4f9a532a, 1e1f54ab; #3812's 6d305cb7, 65513e5b, fe98b1ad; then #3810's 562cfd84. Original authorship and trailers are kept, and all of it was merged on main by July.

One conflict, in 6d305cb7: its server.cpp hunk edits the bool form of SendChatTextToConChannel that #3731 gave the method after #3741. Resolved by keeping 562d6c66's void form with the half-open check. #3731 is not on release/3_12, so the method has no caller here, as on main between #3741 and #3731.

MathUtils in util.h is byte-identical to main, the audiomixerboard.cpp hunk is 562cfd84 unchanged, and the broadcast path emits the same calls as before. The PR description was still the July inline version; it is updated to match.

[pljones]

No, I don't think we can be adding those two methods on the backport branch. Only the template<typename T> static inline bool InRange(..) and CAudioMixerBoard::ApplyNewConClientList change should be here.

[ann0see]

But that's harder to get only the template out - unless it was in separate commits?

[pljones]

It doesn't matter.

The code that needs backporting is clearly defined.

Cherry-picking is good if that's clean. Here, it's bad because it brings in unwanted extra code. So here we do not want to cherry-pick.

Instead it needs a piecemeal backport of the amended lines.

[pljones]

@mcfnord I think you should rebase this and add the chat refactor.

Sorry, I missed this. I disagree. It's better to fix the bug with a clean and clear patch. It's not religion.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds MathUtils::InRange and uses it in ApplyNewConClientList to reject invalid channel IDs before accessing iFaderNumber.

Changes

Channel validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate channel IDs src/util.h, src/audiomixerboard.cpp	Adds an inclusive-lower, exclusive-upper range helper. ApplyNewConClientList uses it before indexing iFaderNumber.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 014f1

Malformed channel lists can leave the mixer appearing populated and report an inflated client count even though no valid fader is displayed. The bounds protection is in place, but this inconsistent UI state should be corrected before merge.

Suggested reviewers: pljones, softins

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 4 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: adding an iChanID bounds check before array access in the release/3_12 backport.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description provides a detailed change summary, backport context, commit details, conflict resolution, testing results, and issue linkage. It does not explicitly complete every template heading or…
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Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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[mcfnord]

🤖 AI: The one red check is a compiler crash, not the patch. The Android job ends in a clang Stack dump while compiling clientdlg.cpp for armeabi-v7a; this PR touches only audiomixerboard.cpp and util.h. The same job passed on release/3_12 itself in its last two runs on 2026-08-31. A rerun of that job is all that is needed.

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src/audiomixerboard.cpp-1354-1357 (1)

1354-1357: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Count only accepted channel IDs.

This block skips invalid entries, but iNumConnectedClients still uses vecChanInfo.size(). If the received list contains only invalid IDs, all faders remain hidden while line 1444 sets bNoFaderVisible to false. The emitted client count also includes rejected entries. Track the number of valid channel IDs and use it for these states.

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In `@src/audiomixerboard.cpp` around lines 1354 - 1357, In the channel-processing
flow around the iFaderNumber assignment, count only channel IDs accepted by
MathUtils::InRange and use that valid-ID count instead of vecChanInfo.size()
when setting iNumConnectedClients and determining bNoFaderVisible. Ensure lists
containing only invalid IDs leave all faders hidden and report zero connected
clients.

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In `@src/audiomixerboard.cpp`:
- Around line 1354-1357: In the channel-processing flow around the iFaderNumber
assignment, count only channel IDs accepted by MathUtils::InRange and use that
valid-ID count instead of vecChanInfo.size() when setting iNumConnectedClients
and determining bNoFaderVisible. Ensure lists containing only invalid IDs leave
all faders hidden and report zero connected clients.

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