From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 81F6E3853C08; Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:08:30 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 81F6E3853C08 From: "rjones at redhat dot com" To: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug malloc/28256] Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) in __GI___tunables_init Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:08:30 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: glibc X-Bugzilla-Component: malloc X-Bugzilla-Version: 2.34 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: rjones at redhat dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: NEW X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Glibc-bugs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:08:30 -0000 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D28256 --- Comment #1 from Richard Jones --- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=3Dglibc.git;a=3Dblob;f=3Delf/dl-tunables.c;h= =3D8009e54ee5db32beb228e69b05352e80c809c42c;hb=3DHEAD#l205 Looking at the code it seems like you're adding the length to the p pointer (line 205) and then referencing p[len] (line 211) which is obviously going to reference far beyond the end of the string in memory. I don't think this is exploitable though - GLIBC_TUNABLES is removed in setuid processes. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=