Bug #12799: IPAddr#== throws an exception with objects that can't be converted to IPAddr

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: knu (Akinori MUSHA)
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN

[hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)]

I accidentally deleted issue #12779. It was created by https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/users/11301

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Description

IPAddr#== uses IPAddr#coerce_other to attempt to convert the 'other' object into an IPAddr for comparison.
If this conversion fails, an exception is thrown, either 'IPAddr::InvalidAddressError' or a 'NoMethodError' referring to the lack of a 'to_i' function.

I would expect a call to == should only return a true or a false in any circumstances. If the tested object is not an IPAddr then clearly it should be false.

IPAddr.new("1.1.1.1")=="sometext"
raises IPAddr::InvalidAddressError: invalid address
"sometext"==IPAddr.new("1.1.1.1")

returns false.

This also causes other core functions to fail..

ip = IPAddr.new("1.1.1.1")
iprange = IPAddr.new("2.2.2.2") .. IPAddr.new("2.2.2.20")
arr = [ip, iprange]

arr.delete(iprange)

Results in NoMethodError: undefined method `to_i' for #Range:0x00000001901748

I have patched this at github https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1435

and produced a diff file from the above pull request, apologies if I have done so incorrectly

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#1[ruby-core:77365] Updated by Akinori MUSHA 5 days ago

Good point. Would you mind adding a regression test to test/test_ipaddr.rb?

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#2[ruby-core:77387] Updated by David Sexton 4 days ago

Akinori MUSHA wrote:

Good point. Would you mind adding a regression test to test/test_ipaddr.rb?

No problem.

I have also noticed the same issue with <=> so have added a patch (and test) for that to return nil

Updates diff is at https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/1435.diff

[knu (Akinori MUSHA)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset r56594.

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IPAddr#== and IPAddr#<=> no longer raise an exception if coercion fails

• lib/ipaddr.rb (IPAddr#==): If coercion fails, return false
  instead of passing through the exception. [ruby-core:77451]
  [Bug #12799]

• lib/ipaddr.rb (IPAddr#<=>): If coercion fails, return nil
  instead of passing through the exception. [ruby-core:77451]
  [Bug #12799]

[knu (Akinori MUSHA)]

Committed, thanks!