[OE-core] [PATCH] openssl: avoid NULL pointer dereference in three places

Xufeng Zhang xufeng.zhang at windriver.com
Tue Jun 4 06:15:30 UTC 2013


There are three potential NULL pointer dereference in
EVP_DigestInit_ex(), dh_pub_encode() and dsa_pub_encode()
functions.
Fix them by adding proper null pointer check.

[YOCTO #4600]
[ CQID: WIND00373257 ]

Signed-off-by: Xufeng Zhang <xufeng.zhang at windriver.com>
---
 ...-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch |   16 +++++++++
 ...NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++
 meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc      |    2 +-
 .../recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.0.1e.bb |    2 +
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch

diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69924a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+openssl: avoid NULL pointer dereference in EVP_DigestInit_ex()
+
+We should avoid accessing the type pointer if it's NULL,
+this could happen if ctx->digest is not NULL.
+---
+--- a/crypto/evp/digest.c
++++ b/crypto/evp/digest.c
+@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
+ 		return 0;
+ 		}
+ #endif
+-	if (ctx->digest != type)
++	if (type && (ctx->digest != type))
+ 		{
+ 		if (ctx->digest && ctx->digest->ctx_size)
+ 			OPENSSL_free(ctx->md_data);
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..642b0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl-1.0.1e/openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+openssl: avoid NULL pointer dereference in dh_pub_encode()/dsa_pub_encode()
+
+We should avoid accessing the pointer if ASN1_STRING_new()
+allocates memory failed.
+---
+--- a/crypto/dh/dh_ameth.c
++++ b/crypto/dh/dh_ameth.c
+@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@
+ 	dh=pkey->pkey.dh;
+ 
+ 	str = ASN1_STRING_new();
++	if (!str)
++		{
++		DHerr(DH_F_DH_PUB_ENCODE, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
++		goto err;
++		}
++
+ 	str->length = i2d_DHparams(dh, &str->data);
+ 	if (str->length <= 0)
+ 		{
+--- a/crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c
++++ b/crypto/dsa/dsa_ameth.c
+@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@
+ 		{
+ 		ASN1_STRING *str;
+ 		str = ASN1_STRING_new();
++		if (!str)
++			{
++			DSAerr(DSA_F_DSA_PUB_ENCODE, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
++			goto err;
++			}
+ 		str->length = i2d_DSAparams(dsa, &str->data);
+ 		if (str->length <= 0)
+ 			{
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
index f5b2432..c753a27 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ BUGTRACKER = "http://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html"
 SECTION = "libs/network"
 
 # Big Jump for OpenSSL 1.0 support with meta-oe
-INC_PR = "r15"
+INC_PR = "r16"
 
 # "openssl | SSLeay" dual license
 LICENSE = "openssl"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.0.1e.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.0.1e.bb
index 61de3a6..afd5576 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.0.1e.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_1.0.1e.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ SRC_URI += "file://configure-targets.patch \
             file://openssl_fix_for_x32.patch \
             file://openssl-fix-doc.patch \
             file://find.pl \
+	    file://openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-dh_pub_encode.patch \
+	    file://openssl-avoid-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-EVP_DigestInit_ex.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "66bf6f10f060d561929de96f9dfe5b8c"
-- 
1.7.0.2




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