glib2/CVE-2026-15588.patch
RHEL Packaging Agent 9b0ed38a5f Fix CVE-2026-15588: limit D-Bus auth line read length
Add patch for CVE-2026-15588 which limits the length of lines
read from untrusted clients in GDBusAuth, preventing memory
exhaustion. The patch includes a fix for g_test_bug() API
compatibility with GLib 2.56.x used in RHEL 8.

CVE: CVE-2026-15588
Upstream patches:
 - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/5240.patch
Resolves: RHEL-219132

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

Assisted-by: Ymir
2026-08-05 15:59:30 -05:00

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From fd2ce100affce9e822c81f51d66b2b4b93a76889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 18:13:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gdbusauth: Limit length of lines read from client
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
The client isnt trusted at this point, and there was previously nothing
limiting how long a line `GDBusAuth` would read. So an untrusted client
could exhaust the servers memory by sending anything except `\r\n`.
Fix that by applying a reasonably length limit when reading a line, and
add a unit test.
Spotted by Gitee Codepecker Lab.
Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@gnome.org>
Fixes: #3985
---
gio/gdbusauth.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++-
gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 175 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gio/gdbusauth.c b/gio/gdbusauth.c
index e9a953a2c..a94a3e359 100644
--- a/gio/gdbusauth.c
+++ b/gio/gdbusauth.c
@@ -262,6 +262,22 @@ find_mech_by_name (GDBusAuth *auth,
return ret;
}
+static size_t
+get_longest_mechanism_name_length (GDBusAuth *auth)
+{
+ size_t len = 0;
+ GList *l;
+
+ for (l = auth->priv->available_mechanisms; l != NULL; l = l->next)
+ {
+ Mechanism *m = l->data;
+
+ len = MAX (len, strlen (m->name));
+ }
+
+ return len;
+}
+
GDBusAuth *
_g_dbus_auth_new (GIOStream *stream)
{
@@ -270,6 +286,20 @@ _g_dbus_auth_new (GIOStream *stream)
NULL);
}
+/* Arbitrarily chosen limit on the length of a DATA command payload, to prevent
+ * unbounded reads from malicious clients.
+ *
+ * - The ANONYMOUS mechanism doesnt use DATA.
+ * - The EXTERNAL mechanism just uses it to transfer a decimal-encoded UID.
+ * - The DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 mechanism transfers a challenge and a SHA1 hash. The
+ * hash is bounded in length, but the challenge is not, so could potentially
+ * hit this limit. It doesnt seem unreasonable to bound the challenge to
+ * ~4KB though. GDBus itself generates a 16 byte challenge.
+ *
+ * See https://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-specification.html#auth-command-data
+ */
+#define MAX_DATA_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_BYTES 4096
+
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
/* like g_data_input_stream_read_line() but sets error if there's no content to read */
static gchar *
@@ -307,6 +337,7 @@ _my_g_data_input_stream_read_line (GDataInputStream *dis,
*/
static gchar *
_my_g_input_stream_read_line_safe (GInputStream *i,
+ size_t max_line_length,
gsize *out_line_length,
GCancellable *cancellable,
GError **error)
@@ -316,11 +347,22 @@ _my_g_input_stream_read_line_safe (GInputStream *i,
gssize num_read;
gboolean last_was_cr;
+ g_assert (max_line_length <= SIZE_MAX - 2);
+
str = g_string_new (NULL);
last_was_cr = FALSE;
while (TRUE)
{
+ if (str->len >= max_line_length + 2 /* allow for \r\n */)
+ {
+ g_set_error_literal (error,
+ G_IO_ERROR,
+ G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+ _("Malformed D-Bus authentication line"));
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
num_read = g_input_stream_read (i,
&c,
1,
@@ -1073,7 +1115,11 @@ _g_dbus_auth_run_server (GDBusAuth *auth,
{
case SERVER_STATE_WAITING_FOR_AUTH:
debug_print ("SERVER: WaitingForAuth");
- line = _my_g_data_input_stream_read_line (dis, &line_length, cancellable, error);
+ line = _my_g_input_stream_read_line_safe (g_io_stream_get_input_stream (auth->priv->stream),
+ strlen ("AUTH ") + get_longest_mechanism_name_length (auth) + strlen (" ") + MAX_DATA_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_BYTES,
+ &line_length,
+ cancellable,
+ error);
debug_print ("SERVER: WaitingForAuth, read '%s'", line);
if (line == NULL)
goto out;
@@ -1272,7 +1318,11 @@ _g_dbus_auth_run_server (GDBusAuth *auth,
case SERVER_STATE_WAITING_FOR_DATA:
debug_print ("SERVER: WaitingForData");
- line = _my_g_data_input_stream_read_line (dis, &line_length, cancellable, error);
+ line = _my_g_input_stream_read_line_safe (g_io_stream_get_input_stream (auth->priv->stream),
+ strlen ("DATA ") + MAX_DATA_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_BYTES,
+ &line_length,
+ cancellable,
+ error);
debug_print ("SERVER: WaitingForData, read '%s'", line);
if (line == NULL)
goto out;
@@ -1319,6 +1369,7 @@ _g_dbus_auth_run_server (GDBusAuth *auth,
* appears after "BEGIN\r\n"....)
*/
line = _my_g_input_stream_read_line_safe (g_io_stream_get_input_stream (auth->priv->stream),
+ MAX (strlen ("BEGIN"), strlen ("NEGOTIATE_UNIX_FD")),
&line_length,
cancellable,
error);
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
index f44e932e2..0fb780c1e 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
@@ -278,6 +278,127 @@ temp_dbus_keyrings_teardown (void)
g_unsetenv ("G_DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1_KEYRING_DIR_IGNORE_PERMISSION");
}
+static void
+async_result_cb (GObject *obj,
+ GAsyncResult *result,
+ void *user_data)
+{
+ GAsyncResult **result_out = user_data;
+
+ g_assert (result_out != NULL);
+ g_assert (*result_out == NULL);
+
+ *result_out = g_object_ref (result);
+ g_main_context_wakeup (g_main_context_get_thread_default ());
+}
+
+static gboolean
+server_new_connection_unexpected_cb (GDBusServer *server,
+ GDBusConnection *connection,
+ void *user_data)
+{
+ g_assert_not_reached ();
+ return FALSE;
+}
+
+static void
+test_auth_server_read_limit (void)
+{
+ GDBusServer *server = NULL;
+ unsigned long new_connection_id = 0;
+ const char *server_address;
+ GIOStream *client_stream = NULL;
+ GOutputStream *client_output_stream;
+ GInputStream *client_input_stream;
+ GAsyncResult *result = NULL;
+ char *write_buffer = NULL;
+ char read_buffer[100];
+ ssize_t read_len;
+ size_t bytes_written;
+ GError *local_error = NULL;
+
+ g_test_bug ("https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3985");
+
+ server = server_new_for_mechanism (NULL);
+
+ new_connection_id = g_signal_connect (server,
+ "new-connection",
+ G_CALLBACK (server_new_connection_unexpected_cb),
+ NULL);
+ server_address = g_dbus_server_get_client_address (server);
+ g_dbus_server_start (server);
+
+ /* Start connecting as a client */
+ g_dbus_address_get_stream (server_address, NULL, async_result_cb, &result);
+
+ while (result == NULL)
+ g_main_context_iteration (NULL, TRUE);
+
+ client_stream = g_dbus_address_get_stream_finish (result, NULL, &local_error);
+ g_assert_no_error (local_error);
+ g_clear_object (&result);
+
+ /* Send an over-long AUTH line, maliciously */
+ client_output_stream = g_io_stream_get_output_stream (client_stream);
+ client_input_stream = g_io_stream_get_input_stream (client_stream);
+
+ write_buffer = g_strdup_printf ("AUTH DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1 context%0*d 123 456\r\n", 5000, 0);
+
+ g_output_stream_write_all_async (client_output_stream,
+ write_buffer,
+ strlen (write_buffer),
+ G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
+ NULL,
+ async_result_cb,
+ &result);
+
+ while (result == NULL)
+ g_main_context_iteration (NULL, TRUE);
+
+ g_output_stream_write_all_finish (client_output_stream, result, &bytes_written, &local_error);
+ g_assert_no_error (local_error);
+ g_assert_cmpuint (bytes_written, ==, strlen (write_buffer));
+ g_clear_object (&result);
+
+ g_clear_pointer (&write_buffer, g_free);
+
+ /* Authentication should have been rejected, so reading or writing the stream
+ * should now fail. */
+ read_len = g_input_stream_read (client_input_stream,
+ read_buffer,
+ sizeof (read_buffer),
+ NULL,
+ &local_error);
+ g_assert_error (local_error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED);
+ g_assert_cmpint (read_len, <, 0);
+ g_clear_error (&local_error);
+
+ write_buffer = g_strdup_printf ("AUTH\r\n");
+
+ g_output_stream_write_all (client_output_stream,
+ write_buffer,
+ strlen (write_buffer),
+ &bytes_written,
+ NULL,
+ &local_error);
+ g_assert_error (local_error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED);
+ g_assert_cmpuint (bytes_written, ==, 0);
+ g_clear_error (&local_error);
+
+ g_clear_pointer (&write_buffer, g_free);
+
+ /* Cleanup */
+ g_clear_object (&client_stream);
+ g_dbus_server_stop (server);
+
+ if (new_connection_id != 0)
+ {
+ g_signal_handler_disconnect (server, new_connection_id);
+ new_connection_id = 0;
+ }
+ g_clear_object (&server);
+}
+
/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
int
@@ -297,6 +418,7 @@ main (int argc,
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/server/ANONYMOUS", auth_server_anonymous);
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/server/EXTERNAL", auth_server_external);
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/server/DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1", auth_server_dbus_cookie_sha1);
+ g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/server/read-limit", test_auth_server_read_limit);
/* TODO: we currently don't have tests for
*
From c50053362f01e6927f9347532a93e32074495bde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RHEL Packaging Agent <redhat-ymir-agent@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:09:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix g_test_bug usage for GLib 2.56.x compatibility
In GLib 2.56.x, g_test_bug() requires g_test_bug_base() to be called first
to set the base URI. The upstream test used a full URL in g_test_bug() which
is only supported in newer GLib versions. Fix by adding g_test_bug_base()
in main() and using just the issue number in g_test_bug().
---
gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
index 0fb780c1e..53898dbeb 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-auth.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ test_auth_server_read_limit (void)
size_t bytes_written;
GError *local_error = NULL;
- g_test_bug ("https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/3985");
+ g_test_bug ("3985");
server = server_new_for_mechanism (NULL);
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ main (int argc,
temp_dbus_keyrings_setup ();
g_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+ g_test_bug_base ("https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/");
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/client/EXTERNAL", auth_client_external);
g_test_add_func ("/gdbus/auth/client/DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1", auth_client_dbus_cookie_sha1);