Subject: [Bug-cpio] [PATCH] fix 1-byte out-of-bounds write
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:17:54 +0100
Other calls to cpio_safer_name_suffix seem to be safe.
* src/copyin.c (process_copy_in): Make sure that file_hdr.c_name
has at least two bytes allocated.
* src/util.c (cpio_safer_name_suffix): Document that use of this
function requires to be careful.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Patch status: fetched/submitted
URL: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2016-01/msg00005.html
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/copyin.c b/src/copyin.c
index cde911e..032d35f 100644
@@ -1385,6 +1385,8 @@ process_copy_in ()
+ if (file_hdr.c_namesize <= 1)
+ file_hdr.c_name = xrealloc(file_hdr.c_name, 2);
cpio_safer_name_suffix (file_hdr.c_name, false, !no_abs_paths_flag,
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 6ff6032..2763ac1 100644
@@ -1411,7 +1411,10 @@ set_file_times (int fd,
/* Do we have to ignore absolute paths, and if so, does the filename
- have an absolute path? */
+ Before calling this function make sure that the allocated NAME buffer has
+ capacity at least 2 bytes to allow us to store the "." string inside. */
cpio_safer_name_suffix (char *name, bool link_target, bool absolute_names,