[libvirt] [PATCH 1/3] Fix typo in identity code which is pre-requisite for CVE-2013-4311

[Eric Blake]

On 09/23/2013 05:46 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
> 
> The fix for CVE-2013-4311 had a pre-requisite enhancement
> to the identity code
> 
>   commit db7a5688c05f3fd60d9d2b74c72427eb9ee9c176
>   Author: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
>   Date:   Thu Aug 22 16:00:01 2013 +0100
> 
>     Also store user & group ID values in virIdentity
> 
> This had a typo which caused the group ID to overwrite the
> user ID string. This meant any checks using this would have
> the wrong ID value. This only affected the ACL code, not the
> initial polkit auth. It also leaked memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

ACK

> 
> diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
> index 19c4100..0b9ab52 100644
> --- a/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
> +++ b/src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c
> @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ virNetServerClientCreateIdentity(virNetServerClientPtr client)
>              goto cleanup;
>          if (!(groupname = virGetGroupName(gid)))
>              goto cleanup;
> -        if (virAsprintf(&userid, "%d", (int)gid) < 0)
> +        if (virAsprintf(&groupid, "%d", (int)gid) < 0)
>              goto cleanup;
>          if (virAsprintf(&processid, "%llu",
>                          (unsigned long long)pid) < 0)
> 

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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