[kbd] [PATCH] Validate psfu headers to avoid integer overflows.

Tobias Stoeckmann tobias at stoeckmann.org
Sun Nov 20 20:15:43 MSK 2016


The psfu parser does not properly validate parsed values:

* unsigned int values are casted to signed int values when
  parameters are supplied, therefore they must be checked against
  INT_MAX (local size_t variables are used)
* fontwidth must not be larger than INT_MAX - 7, otherwise later
  alignment codes would overflow, e.g. (fontwidth + 7) / 8
* "ftoffset + fontlen * charsize" is prone to overflow, make sure
  that it does not; later on it will be checked against file size
* when parsing multiple files, make sure that the sum of all
  fonts won't overflow

---
I've sent this mail in August 2015 already. Based on the upcoming
release, it might be a good idea to re-evaluate it.

Attached are two files which will crash the current code:

$ setfont setfont-fpe.psfu # font width too large
Floating point exception
$ psfxtable -i psfxtable-segfault.psfu # on 32 bit archs
Segmentation fault

Maybe there are more ways to trigger overflows, which makes it a
good target for fuzzing.

---
 src/psffontop.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/psffontop.c b/src/psffontop.c
index 9d7ee54..e86d3cd 100644
--- a/src/psffontop.c
+++ b/src/psffontop.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * psffontop.c - aeb at cwi.nl, 990921
  */
 
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -275,6 +276,27 @@ readpsffont(FILE *fontf, char **allbufp, int *allszp,
 		fprintf(stderr, u, progname);
 		exit(EX_DATAERR);
 	}
+	if (INT_MAX - 7 < fontwidth) {
+		char *u = _("%s: Input file: font width too large\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, u, progname);
+		exit(EX_DATAERR);
+	}
+
+	/* validate header to avoid integer overflows */
+	if ((size_t)(INT_MAX - fontpos0) < fontlen ||
+	    INT_MAX / sizeof(struct unicode_list) < fontpos0 + fontlen ||
+	    INT_MAX / charsize < fontlen) {
+		char *u = _("%s: too many glyphs to load\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, u, progname);
+		exit(EX_DATAERR);
+	}
+	if (ftoffset > inputbuflth ||
+	    INT_MAX - ftoffset < fontlen * charsize) {
+		char *u = _("%s: Input file: bad offset\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, u, progname);
+		exit(EX_DATAERR);
+	}
+
 	i = ftoffset + fontlen * charsize;
 	if (i > inputlth || (!hastable && i != inputlth)) {
 		char *u = _("%s: Input file: bad input length (%d)\n");
-- 
2.10.2

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