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[PATCH] CVE-2018-19591: if_nametoindex: Fix descriptor for overlong name [BZ #23927]
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:05:16 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH] CVE-2018-19591: if_nametoindex: Fix descriptor for overlong name [BZ #23927]
We need to check the length of the string right before the strncpy call
to avoid reintroducing the compiler warning from bug 22442.
2018-11-27 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
[BZ #23927]
CVE-2018-19591
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c (__if_nametoindex): Close
descriptor in case of ENODEV error.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f488821af1..1098be1afb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ Changes to build and runtime requirements:
Security related changes:
- [Add security related changes here]
+ CVE-2018-19591: A file descriptor leak in if_nametoindex can lead to a
+ denial of service due to resource exhaustion when processing getaddrinfo
+ calls with crafted host names. Reported by Guido Vranken.
The following bugs are resolved with this release:
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
index e3d08982d9..3e999d6509 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ __if_nametoindex (const char *ifname)
if (strlen (ifname) >= IFNAMSIZ)
{
+ __close_nocancel_nostatus (fd);
__set_errno (ENODEV);
return 0;
}