[PATCH 2/2] erofs-utils: tar: add missing NULL checks for GNU long name/link
Zhan Xusheng
zhanxusheng1024 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 15 00:13:13 AEST 2026
In the GNU long name ('L') and long link ('K') handling, malloc()
return values are not checked. If st.st_size is excessively large
from a crafted tar header, malloc() fails and returns NULL, then
erofs_iostream_bread() writes to a NULL pointer causing a crash.
Also add the missing PATH_MAX bound check for 'L' entries, which
the 'K' path already had.
Fixes: 95d315fd7958 ("erofs-utils: introduce tarerofs")
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng at xiaomi.com>
---
lib/tar.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/tar.c b/lib/tar.c
index 3d92f48..24d8314 100644
--- a/lib/tar.c
+++ b/lib/tar.c
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ out_eot:
case 'L':
free(eh.path);
eh.path = malloc(st.st_size + 1);
- if (st.st_size != erofs_iostream_bread(&tar->ios, eh.path,
+ if (!eh.path || st.st_size > PATH_MAX ||
+ st.st_size != erofs_iostream_bread(&tar->ios, eh.path,
st.st_size))
goto invalid_tar;
eh.path[st.st_size] = '\0';
@@ -894,8 +895,9 @@ out_eot:
case 'K':
free(eh.link);
eh.link = malloc(st.st_size + 1);
- if (st.st_size > PATH_MAX || st.st_size !=
- erofs_iostream_bread(&tar->ios, eh.link, st.st_size))
+ if (!eh.link || st.st_size > PATH_MAX ||
+ st.st_size != erofs_iostream_bread(&tar->ios, eh.link,
+ st.st_size))
goto invalid_tar;
eh.link[st.st_size] = '\0';
goto restart;
--
2.43.0
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