The size of IPC data is stored in an unsigned 32 bit data type within
the IPC message header. In order to terminate the received data with a
nul byte, one additional byte is allocated.
It is not checked if the transmitted size is 2^32 - 1. Adding one more
byte would overflow and lead to 0 byte allocation.
On 64 bit systems, the recv call with 2^32 - 1 does not fail instantly
but reads data from the server into unallocated memory.
Prevent override of unallocated memory by aborting communication.
Proof of Concept Python server (use 64 bit address sanitized client):
```
import os
import socket
os.remove('/tmp/sway-poc.socket')
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.bind('/tmp/sway-poc.socket')
server.listen(1)
print('waiting for client')
(client, address) = server.accept()
client.send(b'\x69\x33\x2D\x69\x70\x63\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF')
input('sent reply, press enter')
client.close()
```
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| assets | ||
| client | ||
| common | ||
| completions | ||
| contrib | ||
| include | ||
| protocols | ||
| sway | ||
| swaybar | ||
| swaymsg | ||
| swaynag | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .editorconfig | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| config.in | ||
| CONTRIBUTING.md | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| meson.build | ||
| meson_options.txt | ||
| README.de.md | ||
| README.dk.md | ||
| README.es.md | ||
| README.fr.md | ||
| README.hu.md | ||
| README.ja.md | ||
| README.ko.md | ||
| README.md | ||
| README.nl.md | ||
| README.pl.md | ||
| README.pt.md | ||
| README.ro.md | ||
| README.ru.md | ||
| README.uk.md | ||
| README.zh-CN.md | ||
| README.zh-TW.md | ||
| sway.desktop | ||
sway
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sway is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor. Read the FAQ. Join the IRC channel (#sway on irc.freenode.net).
Release Signatures
Releases are signed with E88F5E48 and published on GitHub.
Installation
From Packages
Sway is available in many distributions. Try installing the "sway" package for yours.
If you're interested in packaging sway for your distribution, stop by the IRC channel or shoot an email to sir@cmpwn.com for advice.
Compiling from Source
Check out this wiki page if you want to build the HEAD of sway and wlroots for testing or development.
Install dependencies:
- meson *
- wlroots
- wayland
- wayland-protocols *
- pcre
- json-c
- pango
- cairo
- gdk-pixbuf2 (optional: system tray)
- scdoc (optional: man pages) *
- git (optional: version info) *
*Compile-time dep
Run these commands:
meson build/
ninja -C build/
sudo ninja -C build/ install
On systems without logind, you need to suid the sway binary:
sudo chmod a+s /usr/local/bin/sway
Sway will drop root permissions shortly after startup.
Configuration
If you already use i3, then copy your i3 config to ~/.config/sway/config and
it'll work out of the box. Otherwise, copy the sample configuration file to
~/.config/sway/config. It is usually located at /etc/sway/config.
Run man 5 sway for information on the configuration.
Running
Run sway from a TTY. Some display managers may work but are not supported by
sway (gdm is known to work fairly well).