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PoissonHybrid::solve(..., dz) does not validate dz length against domain extent #5048

@WeiqunZhang

Description

@WeiqunZhang
  • Type: Correctness / Bounds safety
  • Severity: High
  • Component: FFT PoissonHybrid variable-spacing solve
  • Location:
    • Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H:562
    • Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H:571
    • Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H:469
    • Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H:480

Problem

The dz-based overloads pass raw pointers into TriA/TriC, which index m_dz[k] for k over the z-extent of the domain. There is no check that dz.size() matches Doma\ in().length(2).

Impact

  • Out-of-bounds read when dz.size() < nz.
  • Silent wrong coefficients when dz.size() != nz.
  • Numerical instability and undefined behavior in tridiagonal solve setup.

Suggested patch

Add explicit size validation in both host and device-vector overloads before launching the solve.

--- a/Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H
+++ b/Src/FFT/AMReX_FFT_Poisson.H
@@
 void PoissonHybrid<MF>::solve (MF& soln, MF const& rhs, Gpu::DeviceVector<T> const& dz)
 {
+    AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(
+        int(dz.size()) == m_geom.Domain().length(2),
+        "FFT::PoissonHybrid: dz.size() must equal domain length in z");
+
     auto const* pdz = dz.dataPtr();
     solve(soln, rhs,
           fft_poisson_detail::TriA<T>{pdz},
           fft_poisson_detail::TriC<T>{pdz,int(dz.size())});
 }
@@
 void PoissonHybrid<MF>::solve (MF& soln, MF const& rhs, Vector<T> const& dz)
 {
     AMREX_ASSERT(soln.is_cell_centered() && rhs.is_cell_centered());
+    AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(
+        int(dz.size()) == m_geom.Domain().length(2),
+        "FFT::PoissonHybrid: dz.size() must equal domain length in z");
@@
 }

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