CVE-2012-2674 (published 2012-07-25T19:55Z)

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) chk_malloc, (2) leak_malloc, and (3) leak_memalign functions in libc/bionic/malloc_debug_leak.c in Bionic (libc) for Android, when libc.debug.malloc is set, make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-189
cwe_name: Numeric Errors
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/android/platform_bionic
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/android/platform_bionic
author: Xi Wang
author_date: 2012-03-14 02:48:39-04:00
msg: bionic: fix integer overflows in chk_malloc(), leak_malloc(), and leak_memalign()

The allocation size in chk_malloc(), leak_malloc(), and leak_memalign()
functions may be rounded up to a small value, leading to buffer overflows.
The code only runs in debugging mode.

This patch complements commit 6f04a0f4 (CVE-2009-0607).

Change-Id: Id899bcd2bcd2ea2205e5753c433390710032dc83
Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/android/platform_bionic
repo_name: aosp-mirror/platform_bionic
repo_language: Assembly
owner: android
file_changes: filename: malloc_debug_leak.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -25,26 +25,26 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unwind.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
 
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/system_properties.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include "dlmalloc.h"
 #include "logd.h"
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ static int chk_mem_check(void*       mem,
 
 void* chk_malloc(size_t bytes)
 {
-    char* buffer = (char*)dlmalloc(bytes + CHK_OVERHEAD_SIZE);
+    size_t size = bytes + CHK_OVERHEAD_SIZE;
+    if (size < bytes) { // Overflow.
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    uint8_t* buffer = (uint8_t*) dlmalloc(size);
     if (buffer) {
         memset(buffer, CHK_SENTINEL_VALUE, bytes + CHK_OVERHEAD_SIZE);
         size_t offset = dlmalloc_usable_size(buffer) - sizeof(size_t);
@@ -505,7 +509,12 @@ void* leak_malloc(size_t bytes)
     // 1. allocate enough memory and include our header
     // 2. set the base pointer to be right after our header
 
-    void* base = dlmalloc(bytes + sizeof(AllocationEntry));
+    size_t size = bytes + sizeof(AllocationEntry);
+    if (size < bytes) { // Overflow.
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    void* base = dlmalloc(size);
     if (base != NULL) {
         pthread_mutex_lock(&gAllocationsMutex);
 
@@ -615,6 +624,10 @@ void* leak_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t bytes)
     // we will align by at least MALLOC_ALIGNMENT bytes
     // and at most alignment-MALLOC_ALIGNMENT bytes
     size_t size = (alignment-MALLOC_ALIGNMENT) + bytes;
+    if (size < bytes) { // Overflow.
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     void* base = leak_malloc(size);
     if (base != NULL) {
         intptr_t ptr = (intptr_t)base;

programming_language: C