On 2018-08-17 05:53 AM, Pekka Paalanen wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:07:53 +0200
> Michal Srb <m...@suse.com> wrote:
> 
>> If the remote side sends sufficiently large `length` field, it will
>> overflow the `p` pointer. Technically it is undefined behavior, in
>> practice it makes `p < end`, so the length check passes. Attempts to
>> access the data later causes crashes.
>>
>> This issue manifests only on 32bit systems, but the behavior is
>> undefined everywhere.
>> ---
>>  src/connection.c | 12 +++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this looks correct to me and should address Jann's concerns too. I also
> checked that (end - p) cannot become negative.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paala...@collabora.co.uk>

Also
Reviewed-by: Derek Foreman <derek.foreman.sams...@gmail.com>

I'll land this and the 2nd patch in the series today before rolling the
RC2 releases.

Looks like the test needs a follow up, so that can land later.

Thanks,
Derek

> I'm still playing with the tests patch a bit.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> pq
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
>> index 31396bc..a0f10ae 100644
>> --- a/src/connection.c
>> +++ b/src/connection.c
>> @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ wl_connection_demarshal(struct wl_connection *connection,
>>                      struct wl_map *objects,
>>                      const struct wl_message *message)
>>  {
>> -    uint32_t *p, *next, *end, length, id;
>> +    uint32_t *p, *next, *end, length, length_in_u32, id;
>>      int fd;
>>      char *s;
>>      int i, count, num_arrays;
>> @@ -739,8 +739,8 @@ wl_connection_demarshal(struct wl_connection *connection,
>>                              break;
>>                      }
>>  
>> -                    next = p + div_roundup(length, sizeof *p);
>> -                    if (next > end) {
>> +                    length_in_u32 = div_roundup(length, sizeof *p);
>> +                    if ((uint32_t) (end - p) < length_in_u32) {
>>                              wl_log("message too short, "
>>                                     "object (%d), message %s(%s)\n",
>>                                     closure->sender_id, message->name,
>> @@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ wl_connection_demarshal(struct wl_connection *connection,
>>                              errno = EINVAL;
>>                              goto err;
>>                      }
>> +                    next = p + length_in_u32;
>>  
>>                      s = (char *) p;
>>  
>> @@ -798,8 +799,8 @@ wl_connection_demarshal(struct wl_connection *connection,
>>              case 'a':
>>                      length = *p++;
>>  
>> -                    next = p + div_roundup(length, sizeof *p);
>> -                    if (next > end) {
>> +                    length_in_u32 = div_roundup(length, sizeof *p);
>> +                    if ((uint32_t) (end - p) < length_in_u32) {
>>                              wl_log("message too short, "
>>                                     "object (%d), message %s(%s)\n",
>>                                     closure->sender_id, message->name,
>> @@ -807,6 +808,7 @@ wl_connection_demarshal(struct wl_connection *connection,
>>                              errno = EINVAL;
>>                              goto err;
>>                      }
>> +                    next = p + length_in_u32;
>>  
>>                      array_extra->size = length;
>>                      array_extra->alloc = 0;
> 
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