On Tue Jun 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM CEST, Jaipaul Cheernam wrote:
> Hi Yoann,
>
> I am thinking about curl uplift from 8.19.0 to 8.20.0 in wrynose which will 
> fix below CVEs as well.
>
> Let me know if you have any comment on uplift ?
>
> 8.20.0 is a security release fixing 7 CVEs [1]:
>
> * CVE-2026-5773: wrong reuse of SMB connection
> * CVE-2026-5545: wrong reuse of HTTP Negotiate connection
> * CVE-2026-6253: proxy credentials leak over redirect-to proxy
> * CVE-2026-6276: UPLOAD_BUFFERSIZE buffer overflow
> * CVE-2026-4873: connection reuse ignores TLS requirement
> * CVE-2026-7168: cross-proxy Digest auth state leak
> * CVE-2026-6429: netrc credential leak with reused proxy connection
>
> ABI compatible as well.

In https://curl.se/ch/8.20.0.html I see:
>  Changes:
>  * async-thrdd: use thread queue for resolving
>  * build: make NTLM disabled by default
>  * cmake: drop support for CMake 3.17 and older
>  * lib: add thread pool and queue
>  * lib: drop support for < c-ares 1.16.0
>  * lib: make SMB support opt-in
>  * multi.h: add CURLMNWC_CLEAR_ALL
>  * rtmp: drop support

Quickly glancing at it, that look like changes not allowed under our
stable policy. Sorry.


>
>
> Regards,
> Jaipaul Cheernam
>
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> From: Yoann Congal <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, 23 June 2026 at 10:07
> To: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>; 
> [email protected] 
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [scarthgap][PATCH] curl: Fix CVE-2026-5773 - SMB 
> connection reuse across shares
>
> On Tue Jun 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM CEST, Jaipaul Cheernam via 
> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>> libcurl's SMB handler marks connections for reuse (connkeep) without
>> verifying that subsequent requests target the same share. This allows
>> a second SMB request to the same host to reuse a connection
>> authenticated for a different share, potentially accessing data
>> without proper authorization.
>>
>> The upstream fix removes connection reuse for SMB entirely in
>> lib/protocol.c, a file introduced in curl 8.20.0. For 8.7.1, the
>> equivalent fix is changing connkeep() to connclose() in lib/smb.c,
>> which prevents the connection from being returned to the pool.
>>
>> Tested with SMBv1 server (Docker dperson/samba):
>>   Without patch: "Re-using existing connection" for different shares
>>   With patch: New connection per request, no reuse
>>
>> Binary verified: Curl_conncontrol arg changes from 0 (KEEP) to 1 (CLOSE)
>>
>> Reference: https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2026-5773.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>
>> ---
>
> Hello,
>
> The backported commit is in curl 8.20 but wrynose is only in 8.19. Can
> you check if the fix is needed for wrynose (and send it there if that is
> the case)?
>
> Thanks!
>
>>  .../curl/curl/CVE-2026-5773.patch             | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb       |  1 +
>>  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-5773.patch
>>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-5773.patch 
>> b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-5773.patch
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..a62b389d62
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl/CVE-2026-5773.patch
>> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
>> +From 74a169575d6412dc0ff532acdf94de35a6c2a571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> +From: Daniel Stenberg <[email protected]>
>> +Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 18:23:35 +0200
>> +Subject: [PATCH] smb: disable connection reuse
>> +
>> +Signed-off-by: Daniel Stenberg <[email protected]>
>> +
>> +CVE: CVE-2026-5773
>> +Upstream-Status: Backport 
>> [https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/74a169575d6412dc0ff532acdf94de35a6c2a571]
>> +
>> +(cherry picked from commit 74a169575d6412dc0ff532acdf94de35a6c2a571)
>> +Signed-off-by: Jaipaul Cheernam <[email protected]>
>> +---
>> + lib/smb.c | 3 +--
>> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git a/lib/smb.c b/lib/smb.c
>> +index 7c73cbcec..a1f5c9b31 100644
>> +--- a/lib/smb.c
>> ++++ b/lib/smb.c
>> +@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ static CURLcode smb_connect(struct Curl_easy *data, 
>> bool *done)
>> +   if(!smbc->send_buf)
>> +     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
>> +
>> +-  /* Multiple requests are allowed with this connection */
>> +-  connkeep(conn, "SMB default");
>> ++  connclose(conn, "SMB default");
>> +
>> +   /* Parse the username, domain, and password */
>> +   slash = strchr(conn->user, '/');
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb 
>> b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
>> index 14d63d6373..d026731751 100644
>> --- a/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-support/curl/curl_8.7.1.bb
>> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SRC_URI = " \
>>      file://CVE-2026-1965-2.patch \
>>      file://CVE-2026-3783.patch \
>>      file://CVE-2026-3784.patch \
>> +    file://CVE-2026-5773.patch \
>>  "
>>
>>  SRC_URI:append:class-nativesdk = " \
>
>
> --
> Yoann Congal
> Smile ECS


-- 
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