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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:44:15 +0000
From: "Agostino Sarubbo" <ago@...too.org>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: binutils: heap-based buffer overflow in bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 (opncls.c)

Description:
binutils is a set of tools necessary to build programs.

The complete ASan output of the issue:

# nm -A -a -l -S -s --special-syms --synthetic --with-symbol-versions -D $FILE
==11994==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x60200000029e at pc 0x7f800af7095d bp 0x7ffeab0e5c90 sp 0x7ffeab0e5c88            
READ of size 1 at 0x60200000029e thread T0                                                                                                           
    #0 0x7f800af7095c in bfd_getl32 /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/libbfd.c:559:24                                       
    #1 0x7f800af91323 in bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1206:12                       
    #2 0x7f800af91b8a in find_separate_debug_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1423:10                        
    #3 0x7f800af91a0f in bfd_follow_gnu_debuglink /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1582:10                        
    #4 0x7f800b110614 in _bfd_dwarf2_slurp_debug_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4345:19                    
    #5 0x7f800b11bc67 in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4538:9                    
    #6 0x7f800b05e38b in _bfd_elf_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/elf.c:8695:10                                 
    #7 0x517c83 in print_symbol /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1003:9                                          
    #8 0x51542d in print_symbols /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1084:7                                         
    #9 0x51542d in display_rel_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1200                                        
    #10 0x510f56 in display_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1318:7                                         
    #11 0x50faae in main /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1792:12                                                
    #12 0x7f8009fa3680 in __libc_start_main /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.23-r4/work/glibc-2.23/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:289                      
    #13 0x41ac18 in _init (/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/git/nm+0x41ac18)                                                                    

0x60200000029e is located 0 bytes to the right of 14-byte region [0x602000000290,0x60200000029e)
allocated by thread T0 here:
    #0 0x4d8e08 in malloc /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/compiler-rt-sanitizers-5.0.0/work/compiler-rt-5.0.0.src/lib/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cc:67
    #1 0x7f800af6f3fc in bfd_malloc /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/libbfd.c:193:9
    #2 0x7f800af64b9f in bfd_get_full_section_contents /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/compress.c:248:21
    #3 0x7f800af91230 in bfd_get_debug_link_info_1 /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1191:8
    #4 0x7f800af91b8a in find_separate_debug_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1423:10
    #5 0x7f800af91a0f in bfd_follow_gnu_debuglink /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/opncls.c:1582:10
    #6 0x7f800b110614 in _bfd_dwarf2_slurp_debug_info /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4345:19
    #7 0x7f800b11bc67 in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:4538:9
    #8 0x7f800b05e38b in _bfd_elf_find_line /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/elf.c:8695:10
    #9 0x517c83 in print_symbol /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1003:9
    #10 0x51542d in print_symbols /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1084:7
    #11 0x51542d in display_rel_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1200
    #12 0x510f56 in display_file /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1318:7
    #13 0x50faae in main /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/binutils/nm.c:1792:12
    #14 0x7f8009fa3680 in __libc_start_main /var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/glibc-2.23-r4/work/glibc-2.23/csu/../csu/libc-start.c:289

SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow /var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-9999/work/binutils/bfd/libbfd.c:559:24 in bfd_getl32
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
  0x0c047fff8000: fa fa 00 01 fa fa 00 06 fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa
  0x0c047fff8010: fa fa fd fd fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa
  0x0c047fff8020: fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fd fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa
  0x0c047fff8030: fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fd fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fa
  0x0c047fff8040: fa fa fd fa fa fa fd fd fa fa fd fa fa fa 00 fa
=>0x0c047fff8050: fa fa 00[06]fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
  0x0c047fff8060: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
  0x0c047fff8070: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
  0x0c047fff8080: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
  0x0c047fff8090: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
  0x0c047fff80a0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
  Addressable:           00
  Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 
  Heap left redzone:       fa
  Freed heap region:       fd
  Stack left redzone:      f1
  Stack mid redzone:       f2
  Stack right redzone:     f3
  Stack after return:      f5
  Stack use after scope:   f8
  Global redzone:          f9
  Global init order:       f6
  Poisoned by user:        f7
  Container overflow:      fc
  Array cookie:            ac
  Intra object redzone:    bb
  ASan internal:           fe
  Left alloca redzone:     ca
  Right alloca redzone:    cb
==11994==ABORTING

Affected version:
2.29.51.20170924 and maybe past releases

Fixed version:
N/A

Commit fix:
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=52b36c51e5bf6d7600fdc6ba115b170b0e78e31d

Credit:
This bug was discovered by Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo.

CVE:
CVE-2017-15021

Reproducer:
https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00373-binutils-heapoverflow-bfd_getl32

Timeline:
2017-09-24: bug discovered and reported to upstream
2017-09-24: upstream released a patch
2017-10-03: blog post about the issue
2017-10-04: CVE assigned

Note:
This bug was found with American Fuzzy Lop.
This bug was identified with bare metal servers donated by Packet. This work is also supported by the Core
Infrastructure Initiative.

Permalink:
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/10/03/binutils-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bfd_getl32-opncls-c/

--
Agostino Sarubbo
Gentoo Linux Developer


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