File 0030_CVE-2022-4283_xkb_ccdd431cd8f1cabae9d744f0514b6533c438908c.patch of Package xorg-x11-server
From ccdd431cd8f1cabae9d744f0514b6533c438908c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 15:55:54 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] xkb: reset the radio_groups pointer to NULL after freeing it
Unlike other elements of the keymap, this pointer was freed but not
reset. On a subsequent XkbGetKbdByName request, the server may access
already freed memory.
CVE-2022-4283, ZDI-CAN-19530
This vulnerability was discovered by:
Jan-Niklas Sohn working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Acked-by: Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan@redhat.com>
---
xkb/xkbUtils.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- ./xkb/xkbUtils.c 2019-02-02 01:32:48.000000000 -0800
+++ ./xkb/xkbUtils.c.fixed 2023-01-22 12:12:26.152920825 -0800
@@ -1327,6 +1327,7 @@
}
else {
free(dst->names->radio_groups);
+ dst->names->radio_groups = NULL;
}
dst->names->num_rg = src->names->num_rg;