# HG changeset patch # User Christian Brabandt # Date 1702217765 -3600 # Node ID 8cdb69ea37119a0f46fc02ecc15de3c9dd6063d3 # Parent 6e4c686b6b5b77d83988d514df8bf1bb332a6150 patch 9.0.2143: [security]: buffer-overflow in ex_substitute Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/abfa13ebe92d81aaf66669c428d767847b577453 Author: Christian Brabandt Date: Thu Nov 30 11:32:18 2023 +0100 patch 9.0.2143: [security]: buffer-overflow in ex_substitute Problem: [security]: buffer-overflow in ex_substitute Solution: clear memory after allocating When allocating the new_start pointer in ex_substitute() the memory pointer points to some garbage that the following for loop in ex_cmds.c:4743 confuses and causes it to accessing the new_start pointer beyond it's size, leading to a buffer-overlow. So fix this by using alloc_clear() instead of alloc(), which will clear the memory by NUL and therefore cause the loop to terminate correctly. Reported by @henices, thanks! closes: #13596 Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt diff --git a/src/ex_cmds.c b/src/ex_cmds.c --- a/src/ex_cmds.c +++ b/src/ex_cmds.c @@ -4650,7 +4650,7 @@ ex_substitute(exarg_T *eap) * too many calls to alloc()/free()). */ new_start_len = needed_len + 50; - if ((new_start = alloc(new_start_len)) == NULL) + if ((new_start = alloc_clear(new_start_len)) == NULL) goto outofmem; *new_start = NUL; new_end = new_start; @@ -4667,7 +4667,7 @@ ex_substitute(exarg_T *eap) if (needed_len > (int)new_start_len) { new_start_len = needed_len + 50; - if ((p1 = alloc(new_start_len)) == NULL) + if ((p1 = alloc_clear(new_start_len)) == NULL) { vim_free(new_start); goto outofmem; diff --git a/src/testdir/crash/poc_ex_substitute b/src/testdir/crash/poc_ex_substitute new file mode 100644 index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..bcf1286512f21a787dcd048ac1eb7f3611db47e3 GIT binary patch literal 135 zc$_OvRY=WC&QHnAOSer)O)5=SuvAFp$|=!T;NmL&|DQpvm`h(%KSqJ8nE5}Ky=_rR zP>y|BrUI7%SBW1?NoFor{)89|;iAP{>OiUN)YO6kg?tUof@B4*vSKcS;^d> '.. result .. "\") call TermWait(buf, 150) + let file = 'crash/poc_ex_substitute' + let cmn_args = "%s -u NONE -i NONE -n -e -s -S %s -c ':qa!'" + let args = printf(cmn_args, vim, file) + " just make sure it runs, we don't care about the resulting echo + call term_sendkeys(buf, args .. "\") + " There is no output generated in Github CI for the asan clang build. + " so just skip generating the ouput. + " call term_sendkeys(buf, args .. + " \ ' && echo "crash 5: [OK]" >> '.. result .. "\") + call TermWait(buf, 150) + " clean up exe buf .. "bw!" diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c --- a/src/version.c +++ b/src/version.c @@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ static char *(features[]) = static int included_patches[] = { /* Add new patch number below this line */ /**/ + 2143, +/**/ 2142, /**/ 2141,