core: add check for infinite loops

atlas-core/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/core/stacklang/Context.scala

@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ case class Context(
   variables: Map[String, Any],
   initialVariables: Map[String, Any] = Map.empty,
   frozenStack: List[Any] = Nil,
-  features: Features = Features.STABLE
+  features: Features = Features.STABLE,
+  callDepth: Int = 0
 ) {
 
+  require(callDepth >= 0, "call depth cannot be negative")
+
   /**
     * Remove the contents of the stack and push them onto the frozen stack. The variable
     * state will also be cleared.
@@ -61,4 +64,14 @@ case class Context(
   def unfreeze: Context = {
     copy(stack = stack ::: frozenStack, frozenStack = Nil)
   }
+
+  /** Increase the call depth for detecting deeply nested calls. */
+  def incrementCallDepth: Context = {
+    copy(callDepth = callDepth + 1)
+  }
+
+  /** Decrease the call depth for detecting deeply nested calls. */
+  def decrementCallDepth: Context = {
+    copy(callDepth = callDepth - 1)
+  }
 }

atlas-core/src/main/scala/com/netflix/atlas/core/stacklang/Interpreter.scala

@@ -103,11 +103,18 @@ case class Interpreter(vocabulary: List[Word]) {
 
   @scala.annotation.tailrec
   private def execute(s: Step): Context = {
+    if (s.context.callDepth > 10) {
+      // Prevent infinite loops. Operations like `:each` and `:map` to traverse a list are
+      // finite and will increase the depth by 1. The max call depth of 10 is arbitrary, but
+      // should be more than enough for legitimate use-cases. Testing 1M actual expressions, 3
+      // was the highest depth seen.
+      throw new IllegalStateException(s"looping detected")
+    }
     if (s.program.isEmpty) s.context else execute(nextStep(s))
   }
 
   final def execute(program: List[Any], context: Context, unfreeze: Boolean = true): Context = {
-    val result = execute(Step(program, context))
+    val result = execute(Step(program, context.incrementCallDepth)).decrementCallDepth
     if (unfreeze) result.unfreeze else result
   }
 

atlas-core/src/test/scala/com/netflix/atlas/core/stacklang/LoopSuite.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.netflix.atlas.core.stacklang
+
+import munit.FunSuite
+
+class LoopSuite extends FunSuite {
+
+  private val interpreter = Interpreter(StandardVocabulary.allWords)
+
+  test("infinite loop: fcall recursion") {
+    val e = intercept[IllegalStateException] {
+      interpreter.execute("loop,(,loop,:fcall,),:set,loop,:fcall")
+    }
+    assertEquals(e.getMessage, "looping detected")
+  }
+
+  test("infinite loop: call recursion") {
+    val e = intercept[IllegalStateException] {
+      interpreter.execute("loop,(,loop,:get,:call,),:set,loop,:get,:call")
+    }
+    assertEquals(e.getMessage, "looping detected")
+  }
+
+  test("infinite loop: nested") {
+    val e = intercept[IllegalStateException] {
+      interpreter.execute("a,(,b,:fcall,),:set,b,(,c,:fcall,),:set,c,(,a,:fcall,),:set,a,:fcall")
+    }
+    assertEquals(e.getMessage, "looping detected")
+  }
+}