File tar-CVE-2021-20193.patch of Package tar.27512

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File tar-CVE-2021-20193.patch of Package tar.27512

From d9d4435692150fa8ff68e1b1a473d187cc3fd777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:41:11 +0200
Subject: Fix memory leak in read_header

Bug reported in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59897

* src/list.c (read_header): Don't return directly from the loop.
Instead set the status and break.  Return the status.  Free
next_long_name and next_long_link before returning.
---
 src/list.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Index: tar-1.27.1/src/list.c
===================================================================
--- tar-1.27.1.orig/src/list.c	2013-03-14 21:18:10.000000000 +0100
+++ tar-1.27.1/src/list.c	2021-03-15 13:46:14.173214799 +0100
@@ -379,26 +379,27 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	     enum read_header_mode mode)
 {
   union block *header;
-  union block *header_copy;
   char *bp;
   union block *data_block;
   size_t size, written;
-  union block *next_long_name = 0;
-  union block *next_long_link = 0;
+  union block *next_long_name = NULL;
+  union block *next_long_link = NULL;
   size_t next_long_name_blocks = 0;
   size_t next_long_link_blocks = 0;
+  enum read_header status = HEADER_SUCCESS;
 
   while (1)
     {
-      enum read_header status;
-
       header = find_next_block ();
       *return_block = header;
       if (!header)
-	return HEADER_END_OF_FILE;
+	{
+	  status = HEADER_END_OF_FILE;
+	  break;
+	}
 
       if ((status = tar_checksum (header, false)) != HEADER_SUCCESS)
-	return status;
+	break;
 
       /* Good block.  Decode file size and return.  */
 
@@ -408,7 +409,10 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	{
 	  info->stat.st_size = OFF_FROM_HEADER (header->header.size);
 	  if (info->stat.st_size < 0)
-	    return HEADER_FAILURE;
+	    {
+	      status = HEADER_FAILURE;
+	      break;
+	    }
 	}
 
       if (header->header.typeflag == GNUTYPE_LONGNAME
@@ -418,10 +422,14 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	  || header->header.typeflag == SOLARIS_XHDTYPE)
 	{
 	  if (mode == read_header_x_raw)
-	    return HEADER_SUCCESS_EXTENDED;
+	    {
+	      status = HEADER_SUCCESS_EXTENDED;
+	      break;
+	    }
 	  else if (header->header.typeflag == GNUTYPE_LONGNAME
 		   || header->header.typeflag == GNUTYPE_LONGLINK)
 	    {
+	      union block *header_copy;
 	      size_t name_size = info->stat.st_size;
 	      size_t n = name_size % BLOCKSIZE;
 	      size = name_size + BLOCKSIZE;
@@ -488,7 +496,10 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	      xheader_decode_global (&xhdr);
 	      xheader_destroy (&xhdr);
 	      if (mode == read_header_x_global)
-		return HEADER_SUCCESS_EXTENDED;
+		{
+		  status = HEADER_SUCCESS_EXTENDED;
+		  break;
+		}
 	    }
 
 	  /* Loop!  */
@@ -507,6 +518,7 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	      name = next_long_name->buffer + BLOCKSIZE;
 	      recent_long_name = next_long_name;
 	      recent_long_name_blocks = next_long_name_blocks;
+	      next_long_name = NULL;
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
@@ -538,6 +550,7 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	      name = next_long_link->buffer + BLOCKSIZE;
 	      recent_long_link = next_long_link;
 	      recent_long_link_blocks = next_long_link_blocks;
+	      next_long_link = NULL;
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
@@ -549,9 +562,12 @@ read_header (union block **return_block,
 	    }
 	  assign_string (&info->link_name, name);
 
-	  return HEADER_SUCCESS;
+	  break;
 	}
     }
+  free (next_long_name);
+  free (next_long_link);
+  return status;
 }
 
 #define ISOCTAL(c) ((c)>='0'&&(c)<='7')

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