File libxml2-CVE-2025-8732.patch of Package libxml2.41582
From 473846e5ff17cfabffca3d21655baadd5585d7c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan <nathan.shain@echohq.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:11:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Prevent infinite recursion in xmlCatalogListXMLResolve
---
catalog.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
test/catalogs/recursive.script | 0
test/catalogs/recursive.sgml | 1 +
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 test/catalogs/recursive.script
create mode 100644 test/catalogs/recursive.sgml
Index: libxml2-2.9.7/catalog.c
===================================================================
--- libxml2-2.9.7.orig/catalog.c
+++ libxml2-2.9.7/catalog.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ unsigned long __stdcall GetModuleFileNam
#endif
static xmlChar *xmlCatalogNormalizePublic(const xmlChar *pubID);
-static int xmlExpandCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, const char *filename);
+static int xmlExpandCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, const char *filename, int depth);
/************************************************************************
* *
@@ -2315,6 +2315,7 @@ xmlGetSGMLCatalogEntryType(const xmlChar
* @file: the filepath for the catalog
* @super: should this be handled as a Super Catalog in which case
* parsing is not recursive
+ * @depth: the current depth of the catalog
*
* Parse an SGML catalog content and fill up the @catal hash table with
* the new entries found.
@@ -2323,13 +2324,19 @@ xmlGetSGMLCatalogEntryType(const xmlChar
*/
static int
xmlParseSGMLCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, const xmlChar *value,
- const char *file, int super) {
+ const char *file, int super, int depth) {
const xmlChar *cur = value;
xmlChar *base = NULL;
int res;
if ((cur == NULL) || (file == NULL))
return(-1);
+
+ /* Check recursion depth */
+ if (depth > MAX_CATAL_DEPTH) {
+ return(-1);
+ }
+
base = xmlStrdup((const xmlChar *) file);
while ((cur != NULL) && (cur[0] != 0)) {
@@ -2506,7 +2513,7 @@ xmlParseSGMLCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal,
filename = xmlBuildURI(sysid, base);
if (filename != NULL) {
- xmlExpandCatalog(catal, (const char *)filename);
+ xmlExpandCatalog(catal, (const char *)filename, depth);
xmlFree(filename);
}
}
@@ -2656,7 +2663,7 @@ xmlLoadSGMLSuperCatalog(const char *file
return(NULL);
}
- ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 1);
+ ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 1, 0);
xmlFree(content);
if (ret < 0) {
xmlFreeCatalog(catal);
@@ -2702,7 +2709,7 @@ xmlLoadACatalog(const char *filename)
xmlFree(content);
return(NULL);
}
- ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 0);
+ ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 0, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
xmlFreeCatalog(catal);
xmlFree(content);
@@ -2725,6 +2732,7 @@ xmlLoadACatalog(const char *filename)
* xmlExpandCatalog:
* @catal: a catalog
* @filename: a file path
+ * @depth the current depth of the catalog
*
* Load the catalog and expand the existing catal structure.
* This can be either an XML Catalog or an SGML Catalog
@@ -2732,13 +2740,17 @@ xmlLoadACatalog(const char *filename)
* Returns 0 in case of success, -1 in case of error
*/
static int
-xmlExpandCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, const char *filename)
+xmlExpandCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, const char *filename, int depth)
{
int ret;
if ((catal == NULL) || (filename == NULL))
return(-1);
+ /* Check recursion depth */
+ if (depth > MAX_CATAL_DEPTH) {
+ return(-1);
+ }
if (catal->type == XML_SGML_CATALOG_TYPE) {
xmlChar *content;
@@ -2747,7 +2759,7 @@ xmlExpandCatalog(xmlCatalogPtr catal, co
if (content == NULL)
return(-1);
- ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 0);
+ ret = xmlParseSGMLCatalog(catal, content, filename, 0, depth + 1);
if (ret < 0) {
xmlFree(content);
return(-1);
@@ -3217,7 +3229,7 @@ xmlLoadCatalog(const char *filename)
return(0);
}
- ret = xmlExpandCatalog(xmlDefaultCatalog, filename);
+ ret = xmlExpandCatalog(xmlDefaultCatalog, filename, 0);
xmlRMutexUnlock(xmlCatalogMutex);
return(ret);
}
Index: libxml2-2.9.7/test/catalogs/recursive.sgml
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ libxml2-2.9.7/test/catalogs/recursive.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CATALOG recursive.sgml