From: "Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)" <deeratho@cisco.com>
To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 07/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56409
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:46:12 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720121615.2520859-8-deeratho@cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720121615.2520859-1-deeratho@cisco.com>
From: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
This patch applies the upstream fix shown in [1] as referenced by [2].
[1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/61f7cdda22546c4bee38dd2d3fa3d6e4aa64d33e
[2] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56409
Signed-off-by: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
---
- Changes from v1 to v2: Refresh the patch on top of
latest wrynose branch merged commits.
.../expat/expat/CVE-2026-56409.patch | 53 +++++++++++++++++++
meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.5.bb | 1 +
2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 meta/recipes-core/expat/expat/CVE-2026-56409.patch
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat/CVE-2026-56409.patch b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat/CVE-2026-56409.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff0e650a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat/CVE-2026-56409.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 10938bc2cef7573087566b5b1c948061baa68b98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: netliomax25-code <netliomax25@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 11:53:19 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] xmlwf: protect output path join from integer overflow
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-56409
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/61f7cdda22546c4bee38dd2d3fa3d6e4aa64d33e]
+
+Backport Changes:
+- Adapt the allocation hunk to the explicit cast used by Expat 2.7.5.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 61f7cdda22546c4bee38dd2d3fa3d6e4aa64d33e)
+Signed-off-by: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
+---
+ expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c b/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c
+index 06416454..6a0a707a 100644
+--- a/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c
++++ b/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c
+@@ -1236,8 +1236,26 @@ tmain(int argc, XML_Char **argv) {
+ }
+ #endif
+ }
+- outName = (XML_Char *)malloc((tcslen(outputDir) + tcslen(file) + 2)
+- * sizeof(XML_Char));
++ const size_t outputDirLen = tcslen(outputDir);
++ const size_t fileLen = tcslen(file);
++
++ /* Detect and prevent integer overflow in the addition (without
++ risking underflow) and the multiplication, mirroring the guards
++ in xcsdup() and resolveSystemId() */
++ if (outputDirLen > SIZE_MAX - fileLen
++ || outputDirLen > SIZE_MAX - fileLen - 2) {
++ tperror(T("Could not allocate memory"));
++ exit(XMLWF_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR);
++ }
++
++ const size_t charsRequired = outputDirLen + fileLen + 2;
++
++ if (charsRequired > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(XML_Char)) {
++ tperror(T("Could not allocate memory"));
++ exit(XMLWF_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR);
++ }
++
++ outName = malloc(charsRequired * sizeof(XML_Char));
+ if (! outName) {
+ tperror(T("Could not allocate memory"));
+ exit(XMLWF_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR);
+--
+2.43.7
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.5.bb b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.5.bb
index f14e39c00b..cb8f9dd1ac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/expat/expat_2.7.5.bb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/R_${VERSION_TAG}/expat-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
file://CVE-2026-56410_p2.patch;striplevel=2 \
file://CVE-2026-56406-dependent.patch;striplevel=2 \
file://CVE-2026-56406.patch;striplevel=2 \
+ file://CVE-2026-56409.patch;striplevel=2 \
"
GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/"
--
2.35.6
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-10 13:08 [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH 01/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56403 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-17 15:23 ` Yoann Congal
2026-07-20 12:24 ` Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 00/10] expat: Security fixes Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 01/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56403 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 02/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56408 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 03/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56404 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 04/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56405 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 05/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56410 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 06/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56406 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco) [this message]
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 08/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56411 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 09/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56407 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
2026-07-20 12:16 ` [OE-core][wrynose][PATCH v2 10/10] expat: fix CVE-2026-56132 Deepak Rathore -X (deeratho - E INFOCHIPS PRIVATE LIMITED at Cisco)
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