[PATCH 2/4] resolv: Handle ternary return value in __libc_res_queriesmatch (bug 34345)
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Fri Jul 3 14:52:55 GMT 2026
The __libc_res_nameinquery function returns -1 for corrupted packets.
The previous code treated those as matching.
This is not a security vulnerability because the transaction ID is
still checked. The bug does not make off-path attacks substantially
easier. Furthermore, most users of the DNS stub resolver parse the
question name again, and do not simply skip over it using dn_skipname
or similar (which would hide the corruption). This means that the
packet is still rejected at a later stage.
---
resolv/res_queriesmatch.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/resolv/res_queriesmatch.c b/resolv/res_queriesmatch.c
index 08d82f1814..a11d0b4fc7 100644
--- a/resolv/res_queriesmatch.c
+++ b/resolv/res_queriesmatch.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ __libc_res_queriesmatch (const unsigned char *buf1, const unsigned char *eom1,
return -1;
NS_GET16 (ttype, cp);
NS_GET16 (tclass, cp);
- if (!__libc_res_nameinquery (tname, ttype, tclass, buf2, eom2))
+ if (__libc_res_nameinquery (tname, ttype, tclass, buf2, eom2) <= 0)
+ /* Parse error or mismatch. */
return 0;
}
return 1;
--
2.54.0
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