--- a/package/uclibc/0005-avm-clnt_udp_cve-2016-4429.patch 2017-06-19 14:19:40.329970043 +0200 +++ b/package/uclibc/0005-avm-clnt_udp_cve-2016-4429.patch 2017-06-19 14:19:40.329970043 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +commit 9213ad631513d0e67d9d31465c9cdb3f3dde0399 +Author: Waldemar Brodkorb +Date: Fri Aug 5 21:33:44 2016 +0200 + + sunrpc: Do not use alloca in clntudp_call + + CVE-2016-4429: + The call is technically in a loop, and under certain circumstances + (which are quite difficult to reproduce in a test case), alloca + can be invoked repeatedly during a single call to clntudp_call. + As a result, the available stack space can be exhausted (even + though individual alloca sizes are bounded implicitly by what + can fit into a UDP packet, as a side effect of the earlier + successful send operation). + + From GNU libc: + https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=bc779a1a5b3035133024b21e2f339fe4219fb11c + +diff --git a/libc/inet/rpc/clnt_udp.c b/libc/inet/rpc/clnt_udp.c +index 4fc55b732..ce7e9e6d9 100644 +--- a/libc/inet/rpc/clnt_udp.c ++++ b/libc/inet/rpc/clnt_udp.c +@@ -368,9 +368,15 @@ send_again: + struct sock_extended_err *e; + struct sockaddr_in err_addr; + struct iovec iov; +- char *cbuf = (char *) alloca (outlen + 256); ++ char *cbuf = malloc (outlen + 256); + int ret; + ++ if (cbuf == NULL) ++ { ++ cu->cu_error.re_errno = errno; ++ return (cu->cu_error.re_status = RPC_CANTRECV); ++ } ++ + iov.iov_base = cbuf + 256; + iov.iov_len = outlen; + msg.msg_name = (void *) &err_addr; +@@ -395,10 +401,12 @@ send_again: + cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR (&msg, cmsg)) + if (cmsg->cmsg_level == SOL_IP && cmsg->cmsg_type == IP_RECVERR) + { ++ free (cbuf); + e = (struct sock_extended_err *) CMSG_DATA(cmsg); + cu->cu_error.re_errno = e->ee_errno; + return (cu->cu_error.re_status = RPC_CANTRECV); + } ++ free (cbuf); + } + #endif + do