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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-04-29 14:41:25 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-04-29 14:41:26 +0200
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CVE-2014-8121: Do not close NSS files database during iteration [BZ #18007]
Robin Hack discovered Samba would enter an infinite loop processing certain quota-related requests. We eventually tracked this down to a glibc issue. Running a (simplified) test case under strace shows that /etc/passwd is continuously opened and closed: … open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 2717 lseek(3, 2717, SEEK_SET) = 2717 close(3) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash\n"..., 4096) = 2717 lseek(3, 2717, SEEK_SET) = 2717 close(3) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 lseek(3, 0, SEEK_CUR) = 0 … The lookup function implementation in nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c:DB_LOOKUP has code to prevent that. It is supposed skip closing the input file if it was already open. /* Reset file pointer to beginning or open file. */ \ status = internal_setent (keep_stream); \ \ if (status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS) \ { \ /* Tell getent function that we have repositioned the file pointer. */ \ last_use = getby; \ \ while ((status = internal_getent (result, buffer, buflen, errnop \ H_ERRNO_ARG EXTRA_ARGS_VALUE)) \ == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS) \ { break_if_match } \ \ if (! keep_stream) \ internal_endent (); \ } \ keep_stream is initialized from the stayopen flag in internal_setent. internal_setent is called from the set*ent implementation as: status = internal_setent (stayopen); However, for non-host database, this flag is always 0, per the STAYOPEN magic in nss/getXXent_r.c. Thus, the fix is this: - status = internal_setent (stayopen); + status = internal_setent (1); This is not a behavioral change even for the hosts database (where the application can specify the stayopen flag) because with a call to sethostent(0), the file handle is still not closed in the implementation of gethostent.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--NEWS12
-rw-r--r--nss/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c2
-rw-r--r--nss/tst-nss-getpwent.c118
5 files changed, 136 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 35106b5..c32cf7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2015-04-29 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+ [BZ #18007]
+ * nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c (CONCAT): Always enable stayopen.
+ (CVE-2014-8121)
+ * nss/tst-nss-getpwent.c: New file.
+ * nss/Makefile (tests): Add new test.
+
2015-04-28 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
[BZ #18346]
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fc3911d..58cf559 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Version 2.22
16512, 16560, 16783, 16850, 17090, 17195, 17269, 17523, 17542, 17569,
17588, 17596, 17620, 17621, 17628, 17631, 17711, 17715, 17776, 17779,
17792, 17836, 17912, 17916, 17930, 17932, 17944, 17949, 17964, 17965,
- 17967, 17969, 17978, 17987, 17991, 17996, 17998, 17999, 18019, 18020,
- 18029, 18030, 18032, 18036, 18038, 18039, 18042, 18043, 18046, 18047,
- 18068, 18080, 18093, 18100, 18104, 18110, 18111, 18128, 18138, 18185,
- 18197, 18206, 18210, 18211, 18247, 18287, 18333, 18346.
+ 17967, 17969, 17978, 17987, 17991, 17996, 17998, 17999, 18007, 18019,
+ 18020, 18029, 18030, 18032, 18036, 18038, 18039, 18042, 18043, 18046,
+ 18047, 18068, 18080, 18093, 18100, 18104, 18110, 18111, 18128, 18138,
+ 18185, 18197, 18206, 18210, 18211, 18247, 18287, 18333, 18346.
* Cache information can be queried via sysconf() function on s390 e.g. with
_SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE as argument.
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ Version 2.22
Hat). These updates cause user visible changes, such as the fix for bug
17998.
+* CVE-2014-8121 The NSS files backend would reset the file pointer used by
+ the get*ent functions if any of the query functions for the same database
+ are used during the iteration, causing a denial-of-service condition in
+ some applications.
Version 2.21
diff --git a/nss/Makefile b/nss/Makefile
index d75dad2..65ab7b5 100644
--- a/nss/Makefile
+++ b/nss/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install-bin := getent makedb
makedb-modules = xmalloc hash-string
extra-objs += $(makedb-modules:=.o)
-tests = test-netdb tst-nss-test1 test-digits-dots
+tests = test-netdb tst-nss-test1 test-digits-dots tst-nss-getpwent
xtests = bug-erange
# Specify rules for the nss_* modules. We have some services.
diff --git a/nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c b/nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c
index a7a45e5..a7ce5ea 100644
--- a/nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c
+++ b/nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ CONCAT(_nss_files_set,ENTNAME) (int stayopen)
__libc_lock_lock (lock);
- status = internal_setent (stayopen);
+ status = internal_setent (1);
if (status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS && fgetpos (stream, &position) < 0)
{
diff --git a/nss/tst-nss-getpwent.c b/nss/tst-nss-getpwent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2e8abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nss/tst-nss-getpwent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int
+do_test (void)
+{
+ /* Count the number of entries in the password database, and fetch
+ data from the first and last entries. */
+ size_t count = 0;
+ struct passwd * pw;
+ char *first_name = NULL;
+ uid_t first_uid = 0;
+ char *last_name = NULL;
+ uid_t last_uid = 0;
+ setpwent ();
+ while ((pw = getpwent ()) != NULL)
+ {
+ if (first_name == NULL)
+ {
+ first_name = strdup (pw->pw_name);
+ if (first_name == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("strdup: %m\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ first_uid = pw->pw_uid;
+ }
+
+ free (last_name);
+ last_name = strdup (pw->pw_name);
+ if (last_name == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("strdup: %m\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ last_uid = pw->pw_uid;
+ ++count;
+ }
+ endpwent ();
+
+ if (count == 0)
+ {
+ printf ("No entries in the password database.\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Try again, this time interleaving with name-based and UID-based
+ lookup operations. The counts do not match if the interleaved
+ lookups affected the enumeration. */
+ size_t new_count = 0;
+ setpwent ();
+ while ((pw = getpwent ()) != NULL)
+ {
+ if (new_count == count)
+ {
+ printf ("Additional entry in the password database.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ ++new_count;
+ struct passwd *pw2 = getpwnam (first_name);
+ if (pw2 == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("getpwnam (%s) failed: %m\n", first_name);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ pw2 = getpwnam (last_name);
+ if (pw2 == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("getpwnam (%s) failed: %m\n", last_name);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ pw2 = getpwuid (first_uid);
+ if (pw2 == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("getpwuid (%llu) failed: %m\n",
+ (unsigned long long) first_uid);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ pw2 = getpwuid (last_uid);
+ if (pw2 == NULL)
+ {
+ printf ("getpwuid (%llu) failed: %m\n",
+ (unsigned long long) last_uid);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ endpwent ();
+ if (new_count < count)
+ {
+ printf ("Missing entry in the password database.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"