Fix CVE-2026-58016: D-Bus introspection XML node nesting validation

Backport upstream commit c9da977c178 to fix CVE-2026-58016 in
glib2. The fix corrects a broken logical condition in the D-Bus
introspection XML parser (gio/gdbusintrospection.c) that failed
to properly validate `<node>` element nesting. The original
negated tautological OR expression always evaluated to false;
the fix replaces it with the correct check. Includes new unit
tests for invalid XML parsing.

CVE: CVE-2026-58016
Upstream patches:
 - c9da977c17.patch
Resolves: RHEL-190622

This commit was backported by Ymir, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux software maintenance AI agent.

Assisted-by: Ymir
This commit is contained in:
RHEL Packaging Agent 2026-07-09 11:07:19 +00:00
parent 1684d4a6c5
commit bdb1b31458
2 changed files with 95 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
From 01d02a2d7cb54c7e27174ed344d03e0c49e0b862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:27:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gdbusintrospection: Fix XML parser state handling for <node>
element nesting
The check for whether a `<node>` element in D-Bus introspection XML was
nested correctly was broken. `<node>` elements can only be at the top
level, or nested immediately within another `<node>` element.
Fix the check and add some unit tests for it.
Spotted by linhlhq as #YWH-PGM9867-204. The fix is mine, and the unit test
uses example XML strings adapted from their report.
Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>
Fixes: #3932
---
gio/gdbusintrospection.c | 2 +-
gio/tests/gdbus-introspection.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gio/gdbusintrospection.c b/gio/gdbusintrospection.c
index e9601dbbd..7925af507 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusintrospection.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusintrospection.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ parser_start_element (GMarkupParseContext *context,
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
if (strcmp (element_name, "node") == 0)
{
- if (!(g_slist_length (stack) >= 1 || strcmp (stack->next->data, "node") != 0))
+ if (stack->next != NULL && strcmp (stack->next->data, "node") != 0)
{
g_set_error_literal (error,
G_MARKUP_ERROR,
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-introspection.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-introspection.c
index 50c0cc721..e2cdf0a25 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-introspection.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-introspection.c
@@ -297,6 +297,38 @@ test_extra_data (void)
g_dbus_node_info_unref (info);
}
+static void
+test_invalid (void)
+{
+ const struct
+ {
+ const char *xml;
+ GMarkupError expected_error_code;
+ }
+ vectors[] =
+ {
+ { "", G_MARKUP_ERROR_EMPTY },
+ { "<node><interface name=\"I\"><method name=\"M\"><node><interface name=\"I2\"></interface></node></method>", G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT },
+ { "<node><interface name=\"I\"><signal name=\"S\"><node><interface name=\"I2\"><signal name=\"S2\"></signal></interface></node></signal>", G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT },
+ { "<node><interface name=\"I\"><property name=\"P\" type=\"s\" access=\"read\"><node><interface name=\"I2\"></interface></node></property>", G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT },
+ { "<node><interface name=\"I\"><method name=\"M\"><arg type=\"\"><node><interface name=\"I2\"><method name=\"M2\"></method></interface></node></arg>", G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT },
+ };
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (vectors); i++)
+ {
+ GDBusNodeInfo *node;
+ GError *local_error = NULL;
+
+ g_test_message ("Testing parsing of %s gives an error", vectors[i].xml);
+
+ node = g_dbus_node_info_new_for_xml (vectors[i].xml, &local_error);
+ g_assert_error (local_error, G_MARKUP_ERROR, (int) vectors[i].expected_error_code);
+ g_assert_null (node);
+
+ g_clear_error (&local_error);
+ }
+}
+
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
int
@@ -314,6 +346,7 @@ main (int argc,
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/introspection-generate", test_generate);
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/introspection-default-direction", test_default_direction);
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/introspection-extra-data", test_extra_data);
+ g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/introspection-invalid", test_invalid);
ret = session_bus_run ();

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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
Name: glib2
Version: 2.56.4
Release: 169%{?dist}
Release: 170%{?dist}
Summary: A library of handy utility functions
License: LGPLv2+
@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ Patch34: CVE-2025-14087.patch
# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/4935
Patch35: CVE-2025-14512.patch
# https://github.com/GNOME/glib/commit/c9da977c178fbfc0e4caf99f9fdf5dc433d6fcc2
Patch36: CVE-2026-58016.patch
%description
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects
such as GTK+ and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C,
@ -369,6 +372,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
%{_datadir}/installed-tests
%changelog
* Thu Jul 09 2026 RHEL Packaging Agent <redhat-ymir-agent@redhat.com> - 2.56.4-170
- Add patch for CVE-2026-58016
- Resolves: RHEL-190622
* Fri Apr 24 2026 Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro@redhat.com> - 2.68.4-169
- Add patch for CVE-2025-14087 and CVE-2025-14512