Add MatchLimit function for limiting pattern complexity

This commit adds the MatchLimit function, which it the
same as Match but will limit the complexity of the input pattern.
This is to avoid long running matches, specifically to avoid ReDos
attacks from arbritary inputs.

How it works:
The underlying match routine is recursive and may call itself when it
encounters a sandwiched wildcard pattern, such as: `user:*:name`.
Everytime it calls itself a counter is incremented.
The operation is stopped when counter > maxcomp*len(str).

match.go

@@ -21,10 +21,47 @@ func Match(str, pattern string) bool {
 	if pattern == "*" {
 		return true
 	}
-	return match(str, pattern)
+	return match(str, pattern, 0, nil, -1) == rMatch
 }
 
-func match(str, pat string) bool {
+// MatchLimit is the same as Match but will limit the complexity of the match
+// operation. This is to avoid long running matches, specifically to avoid ReDos
+// attacks from arbritary inputs.
+//
+// How it works:
+// The underlying match routine is recursive and may call itself when it
+// encounters a sandwiched wildcard pattern, such as: `user:*:name`.
+// Everytime it calls itself a counter is incremented.
+// The operation is stopped when counter > maxcomp*len(str).
+func MatchLimit(str, pattern string, maxcomp int) (matched, stopped bool) {
+	if pattern == "*" {
+		return true, false
+	}
+	counter := 0
+	r := match(str, pattern, len(str), &counter, maxcomp)
+	if r == rStop {
+		return false, true
+	}
+	return r == rMatch, false
+}
+
+type result int
+
+const (
+	rNoMatch result = iota
+	rMatch
+	rStop
+)
+
+func match(str, pat string, slen int, counter *int, maxcomp int) result {
+	// check complexity limit
+	if maxcomp > -1 {
+		if *counter > slen*maxcomp {
+			return rStop
+		}
+		*counter++
+	}
+
 	for len(pat) > 0 {
 		var wild bool
 		pc, ps := rune(pat[0]), 1
@@ -42,7 +79,7 @@ func match(str, pat string) bool {
 		switch pc {
 		case '?':
 			if ss == 0 {
-				return false
+				return rNoMatch
 			}
 		case '*':
 			// Ignore repeating stars.
@@ -50,39 +87,45 @@ func match(str, pat string) bool {
 				pat = pat[1:]
 			}
 
-			// If this is the last character then it must be a match.
+			// If this star is the last character then it must be a match.
 			if len(pat) == 1 {
-				return true
+				return rMatch
 			}
 
 			// Match and trim any non-wildcard suffix characters.
 			var ok bool
 			str, pat, ok = matchTrimSuffix(str, pat)
 			if !ok {
-				return false
+				return rNoMatch
 			}
 
-			// perform recursive wildcard search
-			if match(str, pat[1:]) {
-				return true
+			// Check for single star again.
+			if len(pat) == 1 {
+				return rMatch
+			}
+
+			// Perform recursive wildcard search.
+			r := match(str, pat[1:], slen, counter, maxcomp)
+			if r != rNoMatch {
+				return r
 			}
 			if len(str) == 0 {
-				return false
+				return rNoMatch
 			}
 			wild = true
 		default:
 			if ss == 0 {
-				return false
+				return rNoMatch
 			}
 			if pc == '\\' {
 				pat = pat[ps:]
 				pc, ps = utf8.DecodeRuneInString(pat)
 				if ps == 0 {
-					return false
+					return rNoMatch
 				}
 			}
 			if sc != pc {
-				return false
+				return rNoMatch
 			}
 		}
 		str = str[ss:]
@@ -90,7 +133,10 @@ func match(str, pat string) bool {
 			pat = pat[ps:]
 		}
 	}
-	return len(str) == 0
+	if len(str) == 0 {
+		return rMatch
+	}
+	return rNoMatch
 }
 
 // matchTrimSuffix matches and trims any non-wildcard suffix characters.

match_test.go

@@ -462,7 +462,25 @@ func TestLotsaStars(t *testing.T) {
 	str = `*?**?**?**?**?**?***?**?**?**?**?*""`
 	pat = `*?*?*?*?*?*?**?**?**?**?**?**?**?*""`
 	Match(str, pat)
+}
 
+func TestLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	var str, pat string
+	str = `,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,`
+	pat = `*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*"*,*`
+	_, stopped := MatchLimit(str, pat, 100)
+	if !stopped {
+		t.Fatal("expected true")
+	}
+
+	match, _ := MatchLimit(str, "*", 100)
+	if !match {
+		t.Fatal("expected true")
+	}
+	match, _ = MatchLimit(str, "*,*", 100)
+	if !match {
+		t.Fatal("expected true")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSuffix(t *testing.T) {