buffer: use stricter `from()` input validation

So far we did not throw an error for all types of invalid input.
Functions do not return a buffer anymore and `number` and `symbol`
validation is also improved.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26825
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/26741
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yongsheng Zhang <zyszys98@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com>

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 59 deletions

diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index 66c345885a..b5d89625b2 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -195,33 +195,23 @@ Buffer.from = function from(value, encodingOrOffset, length) {
   if (typeof value === 'string')
     return fromString(value, encodingOrOffset);
 
-  if (isAnyArrayBuffer(value))
-    return fromArrayBuffer(value, encodingOrOffset, length);
+  if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
+    if (isAnyArrayBuffer(value))
+      return fromArrayBuffer(value, encodingOrOffset, length);
 
-  if (value === null || value === undefined) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
-      'first argument',
-      ['string', 'Buffer', 'ArrayBuffer', 'Array', 'Array-like Object'],
-      value
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (typeof value === 'number') {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('value', 'not number', value);
-  }
+    const valueOf = value.valueOf && value.valueOf();
+    if (valueOf !== null && valueOf !== undefined && valueOf !== value)
+      return Buffer.from(valueOf, encodingOrOffset, length);
 
-  const valueOf = value.valueOf && value.valueOf();
-  if (valueOf !== null && valueOf !== undefined && valueOf !== value)
-    return Buffer.from(valueOf, encodingOrOffset, length);
-
-  const b = fromObject(value);
-  if (b)
-    return b;
+    const b = fromObject(value);
+    if (b)
+      return b;
 
-  if (typeof value[Symbol.toPrimitive] === 'function') {
-    return Buffer.from(value[Symbol.toPrimitive]('string'),
-                       encodingOrOffset,
-                       length);
+    if (typeof value[Symbol.toPrimitive] === 'function') {
+      return Buffer.from(value[Symbol.toPrimitive]('string'),
+                         encodingOrOffset,
+                         length);
+    }
   }
 
   throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-bad-overload.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-bad-overload.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 63acb8ebfb..0000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-bad-overload.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const assert = require('assert');
-
-Buffer.allocUnsafe(10); // Should not throw.
-
-const err = common.expectsError({
-  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-  type: TypeError,
-  message: 'The "value" argument must not be of type number. ' +
-           'Received type number'
-});
-assert.throws(function() {
-  Buffer.from(10, 'hex');
-}, err);
-
-Buffer.from('deadbeaf', 'hex'); // Should not throw.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-from.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-from.js
index e8a9196b3d..ec79838169 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-buffer-from.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-from.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const common = require('../common');
+require('../common');
 const { deepStrictEqual, throws } = require('assert');
 const { runInNewContext } = require('vm');
 
@@ -40,27 +40,25 @@ deepStrictEqual(
   [{ valueOf() { return null; } }, 'object'],
   [{ valueOf() { return undefined; } }, 'object'],
   [{ valueOf: null }, 'object'],
-  [Object.create(null), 'object']
+  [Object.create(null), 'object'],
+  [new Number(true), 'number'],
+  [new MyBadPrimitive(), 'number'],
+  [Symbol(), 'symbol'],
+  [5n, 'bigint'],
+  [(one, two, three) => {}, 'function'],
+  [undefined, 'undefined'],
+  [null, 'object']
 ].forEach(([input, actualType]) => {
-  const err = common.expectsError({
+  const errObj = {
     code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-    type: TypeError,
+    name: 'TypeError',
     message: 'The first argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ' +
              'ArrayBuffer, Array, or Array-like Object. Received ' +
              `type ${actualType}`
-  });
-  throws(() => Buffer.from(input), err);
+  };
+  throws(() => Buffer.from(input), errObj);
+  throws(() => Buffer.from(input, 'hex'), errObj);
 });
 
-[
-  new Number(true),
-  new MyBadPrimitive()
-].forEach((input) => {
-  const errMsg = common.expectsError({
-    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
-    type: TypeError,
-    message: 'The "value" argument must not be of type number. ' +
-             'Received type number'
-  });
-  throws(() => Buffer.from(input), errMsg);
-});
+Buffer.allocUnsafe(10); // Should not throw.
+Buffer.from('deadbeaf', 'hex'); // Should not throw.