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[PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Solene Rapenne <solene <at> perso.pw>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 20:24:07 +0200

This imports a patch that is not committed upstream yet
but pending for merge on github

https://github.com/lz4/lz4/commit/8301a21773ef61656225e264f4f06ae14462bca7

This is already widely used in many distributions distributing lz4

---
 gnu/packages/compression.scm                 |  7 +++++--
 gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch

diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index 64816a30c0..53ab999151 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Antoine Côté <antoine.cote <at> posteo.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll <at> gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Solene Rapenne <solene <at> perso.pw>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -810,15 +811,17 @@ decompression of some loosely related file formats used by Microsoft.")
                            (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (sha256
         (base32 "1w02kazh1fps3sji2sn89fz862j1199c5ajrqcgl1bnlxj09kcbz"))
+       (patches
+        (search-patches "lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch"))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (outputs (list "out" "static"))
     (native-inputs
-     `(;; For tests.
+     `( ;; For tests.
        ("python" ,python)
        ("valgrind" ,valgrind)))
     (arguments
-     `(;; Not designed for parallel testing.
+     `( ;; Not designed for parallel testing.
        ;; See https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/957#issuecomment-737419821
        #:parallel-tests? #f
        #:test-target "test"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..100baa4758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Not merged patch fixing CVE-2021-3520
+https://github.com/lz4/lz4/commit/8301a21773ef61656225e264f4f06ae14462bca7
+
+Index: b/lib/lz4.c
+--- a/lib/lz4.c.orig
++++ b/lib/lz4.c
+@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ LZ4_decompress_generic(
+                  const size_t dictSize         /* note : = 0 if noDict */
+                  )
+ {
+-    if (src == NULL) { return -1; }
++    if ((src == NULL) || (outputSize < 0)) { return -1; }
+ 
+     {   const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*) src;
+         const BYTE* const iend = ip + srcSize;
-- 
2.31.1

Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Solene Rapenne via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#48656] [PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 15:07:05 -0400

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 08:24:07PM +0200, Solene Rapenne via Guix-patches via wrote:
> This imports a patch that is not committed upstream yet
> but pending for merge on github
> 
> https://github.com/lz4/lz4/commit/8301a21773ef61656225e264f4f06ae14462bca7
> 
> This is already widely used in many distributions distributing lz4
> 
> ---
>  gnu/packages/compression.scm                 |  7 +++++--
>  gnu/packages/patches/lz4-CVE-2021-3520.patch | 15 +++++++++++++++

When adding a new patch file, you have to register it in 'gnu/local.mk'.

Is there any discussion about this upstream? Why isn't it included in
lz4 yet?

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Solene Rapenne via Guix-patches via <guix-patches <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#48656] [PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 17:51:24 -0400

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 03:07:05PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Is there any discussion about this upstream? Why isn't it included in
> lz4 yet?

I found approval from the lz4 maintainers:

https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-830192743
https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-799719118

Message #20 received at 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jelle Licht <jlicht <at> fsfe.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48656: [PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 13:31:12 +0200

Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:

> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 03:07:05PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> Is there any discussion about this upstream? Why isn't it included in
>> lz4 yet?
>
> I found approval from the lz4 maintainers:
>
> https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-830192743
> https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-799719118

It seems there's some uncertainty w.r.t. the validity of the CVE [0],
but since then a release has been made that pulls the changes discussed
in issue 972 into lz4 release 1.9.4.

Message #23 received at 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jelle Licht <jlicht <at> fsfe.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 48656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#48656] [PATCH] gnu: lz4: Add a patch for CVE-2021-3520.
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 13:43:24 +0200

Jelle Licht <jlicht <at> fsfe.org> writes:

> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
>
>> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 03:07:05PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
>>> Is there any discussion about this upstream? Why isn't it included in
>>> lz4 yet?
>>
>> I found approval from the lz4 maintainers:
>>
>> https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-830192743
>> https://github.com/lz4/lz4/pull/972#issuecomment-799719118
>
> It seems there's some uncertainty w.r.t. the validity of the CVE [0],
> but since then a release has been made that pulls the changes discussed
> in issue 972 into lz4 release 1.9.4.

With [0] being: https://github.com/lz4/lz4/issues/1037#issuecomment-1283560779

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