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From: Lidong Chen <lidong.chen@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:27:57 +0000
Subject: gettext: Integer overflow leads to heap OOB write
The size calculation of the translation buffer in
grub_gettext_getstr_from_position() may overflow
to 0 leading to heap OOB write. This patch fixes
the issue by using grub_add() and checking for
an overflow.
Fixes: CVE-2024-45777
Reported-by: Nils Langius <nils@langius.de>
Signed-off-by: Lidong Chen <lidong.chen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Alec Brown <alec.r.brown@oracle.com>
---
grub-core/gettext/gettext.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
index 635c4ad..f6a9f5a 100644
--- a/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+++ b/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <grub/file.h>
#include <grub/kernel.h>
#include <grub/i18n.h>
+#include <grub/safemath.h>
GRUB_MOD_LICENSE ("GPLv3+");
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ grub_gettext_getstr_from_position (struct grub_gettext_context *ctx,
char *translation;
struct string_descriptor desc;
grub_err_t err;
+ grub_size_t alloc_sz;
internal_position = (off + position * sizeof (desc));
@@ -109,7 +111,10 @@ grub_gettext_getstr_from_position (struct grub_gettext_context *ctx,
length = grub_cpu_to_le32 (desc.length);
offset = grub_cpu_to_le32 (desc.offset);
- translation = grub_malloc (length + 1);
+ if (grub_add (length, 1, &alloc_sz))
+ return NULL;
+
+ translation = grub_malloc (alloc_sz);
if (!translation)
return NULL;
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