diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 1793816794..0ab08782b4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2017-10-22 Paul Eggert + + [BZ #22332] + * posix/glob.c (__glob): Fix buffer overflow during GLOB_TILDE + unescaping. + 2017-10-23 Wilco Dijkstra * malloc/malloc.c (_int_malloc): Add SINGLE_THREAD_P path. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 037b28cb9b..7d3a326d88 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Security related changes: processing, leading to a memory leak and, potentially, to a denial of service. + The glob function, when invoked with GLOB_TILDE and without + GLOB_NOESCAPE, could write past the end of a buffer while + unescaping user names. Reported by Tim Rühsen. + The following bugs are resolved with this release: [16750] ldd: Never run file directly. diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c index c761c0861d..b2273ea7bc 100644 --- a/posix/glob.c +++ b/posix/glob.c @@ -850,11 +850,11 @@ glob (const char *pattern, int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int), char *p = mempcpy (newp, dirname + 1, unescape - dirname - 1); char *q = unescape; - while (*q != '\0') + while (q != end_name) { if (*q == '\\') { - if (q[1] == '\0') + if (q + 1 == end_name) { /* "~fo\\o\\" unescape to user_name "foo\\", but "~fo\\o\\/" unescape to user_name