applets/web: Fix a use-after-free when passing in the URL string

The URL string was being deleted before being used, leading to a use-after-free occurring when it is used afterwards.

Fix this by taking the string by const ref to extend its lifetime, ensuring it doesn't get deleted before use.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.cpp b/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.cpp
index 50db6a654..be4736f47 100644
--- a/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.cpp
+++ b/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WebBrowserApplet::~WebBrowserApplet() = default;
 DefaultWebBrowserApplet::~DefaultWebBrowserApplet() = default;
 
 void DefaultWebBrowserApplet::OpenLocalWebPage(
-    std::string_view local_url, std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
+    const std::string& local_url, std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
     std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)> callback) const {
     LOG_WARNING(Service_AM, "(STUBBED) called, backend requested to open local web page at {}",
                 local_url);
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void DefaultWebBrowserApplet::OpenLocalWebPage(
 }
 
 void DefaultWebBrowserApplet::OpenExternalWebPage(
-    std::string_view external_url,
+    const std::string& external_url,
     std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)> callback) const {
     LOG_WARNING(Service_AM, "(STUBBED) called, backend requested to open external web page at {}",
                 external_url);
diff --git a/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.h b/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.h
index 1c5ef19a9..d7bd44c27 100644
--- a/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.h
+++ b/src/core/frontend/applets/web_browser.h
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ public:
     virtual ~WebBrowserApplet();
 
     virtual void OpenLocalWebPage(
-        std::string_view local_url, std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
+        const std::string& local_url, std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
         std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)> callback) const = 0;
 
     virtual void OpenExternalWebPage(
-        std::string_view external_url,
+        const std::string& external_url,
         std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)> callback) const = 0;
 };
 
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ class DefaultWebBrowserApplet final : public WebBrowserApplet {
 public:
     ~DefaultWebBrowserApplet() override;
 
-    void OpenLocalWebPage(std::string_view local_url, std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
+    void OpenLocalWebPage(const std::string& local_url,
+                          std::function<void()> extract_romfs_callback,
                           std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)>
                               callback) const override;
 
-    void OpenExternalWebPage(std::string_view external_url,
+    void OpenExternalWebPage(const std::string& external_url,
                              std::function<void(Service::AM::Applets::WebExitReason, std::string)>
                                  callback) const override;
 };