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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2023-11-22 08:38:33 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2023-11-22 08:38:33 +0100
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posix: Revert the removal of the crypt prototype from <unistd.h>
Many applications still rely on this prototype. Rebuilds without this prototype result in an implicit function declaration, which can introduce security vulnerabilities due to 32-bit pointer truncation.
-rw-r--r--NEWS5
-rw-r--r--posix/unistd.h13
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 139cfef..8c1c149 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
* libcrypt has been removed from the GNU C Library. The configure
options "--enable-crypt" and "--enable-nss-crypt" are no longer
available. <crypt.h>, libcrypt.a, and libcrypt.so.1 will not be
- installed, and <unistd.h> will not declare the crypt function.
+ installed. For now <unistd.h> continues to declare the crypt
+ function by default, to avoid introducing vulnerabilities into
+ existing applications due to a missing prototype. This declaration
+ is deprecated and may be removed in a future glibc release.
The replacement for libcrypt is libxcrypt, maintained separately from
GNU libc, but available under compatible licensing terms, and providing
diff --git a/posix/unistd.h b/posix/unistd.h
index 1f9cd8c..5b91ad4 100644
--- a/posix/unistd.h
+++ b/posix/unistd.h
@@ -1150,6 +1150,19 @@ ssize_t copy_file_range (int __infd, __off64_t *__pinoff,
extern int fdatasync (int __fildes);
#endif /* Use POSIX199309 */
+#ifdef __USE_MISC
+/* One-way hash PHRASE, returning a string suitable for storage in the
+ user database. SALT selects the one-way function to use, and
+ ensures that no two users' hashes are the same, even if they use
+ the same passphrase. The return value points to static storage
+ which will be overwritten by the next call to crypt.
+
+ This declaration is deprecated; applications should include
+ <crypt.h> instead. */
+extern char *crypt (const char *__key, const char *__salt)
+ __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2));
+#endif
+
#ifdef __USE_XOPEN
/* Swab pairs bytes in the first N bytes of the area pointed to by
FROM and copy the result to TO. The value of TO must not be in the