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* [2.30 COMMITTED] rtld: Check __libc_enable_secure before honoring LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC (CVE-2019-19126) [BZ #25204]
@ 2019-01-01  0:00 Florian Weimer
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From: Florian Weimer @ 2019-01-01  0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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From: Marcin Kościelnicki <mwk@0x04.net>

The problem was introduced in glibc 2.23, in commit
b9eb92ab05204df772eb4929eccd018637c9f3e9
("Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC to map executable pages with MAP_32BIT").

(cherry picked from commit d5dfad4326fc683c813df1e37bbf5cf920591c8e)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c7dcb54bb2..b0d2167a60 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ using `glibc' in the "product" field.
 \f
 Version 2.30.1
 
+Security related changes:
+
+CVE-2019-19126: ld.so failed to ignore the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC
+  environment variable during program execution after a security
+  transition, allowing local attackers to restrict the possible mapping
+  addresses for loaded libraries and thus bypass ASLR for a setuid
+  program.  Reported by Marcin Kościelnicki.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   [24682] localedata: zh_CN first weekday should be Monday per GB/T
@@ -15,6 +23,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [24986] alpha: new getegid, geteuid and getppid syscalls used
     unconditionally
   [25189] Don't use a custom wrapper macro around __has_include
+  [25204] Ignore LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for SUID programs
 
 \f
 Version 2.30
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h
index 975cbe2950..df2cdfdb6b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
    environment variable, LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC.  */
 #define EXTRA_LD_ENVVARS \
   case 21:								  \
-    if (memcmp (envline, "PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC", 21) == 0)		  \
+    if (!__libc_enable_secure						  \
+	&& memcmp (envline, "PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC", 21) == 0)		  \
       GLRO(dl_x86_cpu_features).feature[index_arch_Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC] \
 	|= bit_arch_Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC;				  \
     break;

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