syslog: Fix heap buffer overflow in __vsyslog_internal (CVE-2023-6246)

__vsyslog_internal did not handle a case where printing a SYSLOG_HEADER
containing a long program name failed to update the required buffer
size, leading to the allocation and overflow of a too-small buffer on
the heap.  This commit fixes that.  It also adds a new regression test
that uses glibc.malloc.check.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

misc/Makefile

@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-error1-mem.out \
   $(objpfx)tst-allocate_once-mem.out
 endif
 
-tests-container := tst-syslog
+tests-container := \
+  tst-syslog \
+  tst-syslog-long-progname \
+  # tests-container
 
 CFLAGS-select.c += -fexceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
 CFLAGS-tsearch.c += $(uses-callbacks)
@@ -351,6 +354,9 @@ $(objpfx)tst-allocate_once-mem.out: $(objpfx)tst-allocate_once.out
 	$(common-objpfx)malloc/mtrace $(objpfx)tst-allocate_once.mtrace > $@; \
 	$(evaluate-test)
 
+tst-syslog-long-progname-ENV = GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.malloc.check=3 \
+			       LD_PRELOAD=libc_malloc_debug.so.0
+
 $(objpfx)tst-select: $(librt)
 $(objpfx)tst-select-time64: $(librt)
 $(objpfx)tst-pselect: $(librt)

misc/syslog.c

@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ __vsyslog_internal (int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
 {
   /* Try to use a static buffer as an optimization.  */
   char bufs[1024];
-  char *buf = NULL;
+  char *buf = bufs;
-  size_t bufsize = 0;
+  size_t bufsize;
+
   int msgoff;
   int saved_errno = errno;
 
@@ -177,14 +178,35 @@ __vsyslog_internal (int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
 #define SYSLOG_HEADER_WITHOUT_TS(__pri, __msgoff)        \
   "<%d>: %n", __pri, __msgoff
 
-  int l;
+  int l, vl;
   if (has_ts)
     l = __snprintf (bufs, sizeof bufs,
 		    SYSLOG_HEADER (pri, timestamp, &msgoff, pid));
   else
     l = __snprintf (bufs, sizeof bufs,
 		    SYSLOG_HEADER_WITHOUT_TS (pri, &msgoff));
+
+  char *pos;
+  size_t len;
+
   if (0 <= l && l < sizeof bufs)
+    {
+      /* At this point, there is still a chance that we can print the
+         remaining part of the log into bufs and use that.  */
+      pos = bufs + l;
+      len = sizeof (bufs) - l;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      buf = NULL;
+      /* We already know that bufs is too small to use for this log message.
+         The next vsnprintf into bufs is used only to calculate the total
+         required buffer length.  We will discard bufs contents and allocate
+         an appropriately sized buffer later instead.  */
+      pos = bufs;
+      len = sizeof (bufs);
+    }
+
   {
     va_list apc;
     va_copy (apc, ap);
@@ -192,12 +214,12 @@ __vsyslog_internal (int pri, const char *fmt, va_list ap,
     /* Restore errno for %m format.  */
     __set_errno (saved_errno);
 
-      int vl = __vsnprintf_internal (bufs + l, sizeof bufs - l, fmt, apc,
+    vl = __vsnprintf_internal (pos, len, fmt, apc, mode_flags);
-                                     mode_flags);
-      if (0 <= vl && vl < sizeof bufs - l)
-        buf = bufs;
-      bufsize = l + vl;
 
+    if (!(0 <= vl && vl < len))
+      buf = NULL;
+
+    bufsize = l + vl;
     va_end (apc);
   }
 

misc/tst-syslog-long-progname.c

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Test heap buffer overflow in syslog with long __progname (CVE-2023-6246)
+   Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+extern char * __progname;
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  char long_progname[2048];
+
+  memset (long_progname, 'X', sizeof (long_progname) - 1);
+  long_progname[sizeof (long_progname) - 1] = '\0';
+
+  __progname = long_progname;
+
+  syslog (LOG_INFO, "Hello, World!");
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>