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-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/linux.scm12
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch65
3 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 2954549759..515b154b9a 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/unzip-overflow-long-fsize.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/unzip-remove-build-date.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/util-linux-tests.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/upower-builddir.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/valgrind-enable-arm.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/vdirsyncer-test-suite-slow-machines.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index a6c564b275..304c9f0512 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks.")
(define-public util-linux
(package
(name "util-linux")
+ (replacement util-linux/fixed)
(version "2.28.1")
(source (origin
(method url-fetch)
@@ -575,6 +576,17 @@ block devices, UUIDs, TTYs, and many other tools.")
(license (list license:gpl3+ license:gpl2+ license:gpl2 license:lgpl2.0+
license:bsd-4 license:public-domain))))
+(define util-linux/fixed
+ (package
+ (inherit util-linux)
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (inherit (package-source util-linux))
+ (patches
+ (append
+ (origin-patches (package-source util-linux))
+ (search-patches "util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch")))))))
+
(define-public procps
(package
(name "procps")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c82fb06d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/util-linux-CVE-2017-2616.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+Fix CVE-2017-2616:
+
+https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616
+http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/474
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+
+https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
+
+From b018571132cb8c9fece3d75ed240cc74cdb5f0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:58:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] su: properly clear child PID
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Reported-by: Tobias Stöckmann <tobias@stoeckmann.org>
+Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+---
+ login-utils/su-common.c | 14 ++++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/login-utils/su-common.c b/login-utils/su-common.c
+index 0ea4e40bd..b1720f037 100644
+--- a/login-utils/su-common.c
++++ b/login-utils/su-common.c
+@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ create_watching_parent (void)
+ }
+ else
+ status = WEXITSTATUS (status);
++
++ /* child is gone, don't use the PID anymore */
++ child = (pid_t) -1;
+ }
+ else if (caught_signal)
+ status = caught_signal + 128;
+@@ -385,7 +388,7 @@ create_watching_parent (void)
+ else
+ status = 1;
+
+- if (caught_signal)
++ if (caught_signal && child != (pid_t)-1)
+ {
+ fprintf (stderr, _("\nSession terminated, killing shell..."));
+ kill (child, SIGTERM);
+@@ -395,9 +398,12 @@ create_watching_parent (void)
+
+ if (caught_signal)
+ {
+- sleep (2);
+- kill (child, SIGKILL);
+- fprintf (stderr, _(" ...killed.\n"));
++ if (child != (pid_t)-1)
++ {
++ sleep (2);
++ kill (child, SIGKILL);
++ fprintf (stderr, _(" ...killed.\n"));
++ }
+
+ /* Let's terminate itself with the received signal.
+ *
+--
+2.11.1
+