[COMMITTED 3/4] syslog: Fix integer overflow in __vsyslog_internal (CVE-2023-6780)
Arjun Shankar
arjun@redhat.com
Tue Jan 30 18:40:43 GMT 2024
__vsyslog_internal calculated a buffer size by adding two integers, but
did not first check if the addition would overflow. This commit fixes
that.
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
---
misc/syslog.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/misc/syslog.c b/misc/syslog.c
index 53440e47ad..4af87f54fd 100644
--- a/misc/syslog.c
+++ b/misc/syslog.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)syslog.c 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/18/94";
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
#include <syslog.h>
+#include <limits.h>
static int LogType = SOCK_DGRAM; /* type of socket connection */
static int LogFile = -1; /* fd for log */
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ __vsyslog_internal (int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
vl = __vsnprintf_internal (pos, len, fmt, apc, mode_flags);
va_end (apc);
- if (vl < 0)
+ if (vl < 0 || vl >= INT_MAX - l)
goto out;
if (vl >= len)
--
2.43.0
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