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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/local.mk | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/polkit.scm | 8 |
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk index 0599df8968..42c5ee0d31 100644 --- a/gnu/local.mk +++ b/gnu/local.mk @@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \ %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2011-4620.patch \ %D%/packages/patches/plib-CVE-2012-4552.patch \ %D%/packages/patches/plotutils-spline-test.patch \ + %D%/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch \ %D%/packages/patches/portaudio-audacity-compat.patch \ %D%/packages/patches/portmidi-modular-build.patch \ %D%/packages/patches/postgresql-disable-resolve_symlinks.patch \ diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9aa0373fda --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +This patch fixes CVE-2021-3560, "local privilege escalation using +polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync()": + + https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/03/1 + +Patch from <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/commit/a04d13a>. + +diff --git a/src/polkit/polkitsystembusname.c b/src/polkit/polkitsystembusname.c +index 8daa12cb9093c1d765c7b83654a2b8d0d382378e..8ed13631508dd96624898df90ee2ece4dcf3e1e5 100644 +--- a/src/polkit/polkitsystembusname.c ++++ b/src/polkit/polkitsystembusname.c +@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ polkit_system_bus_name_get_creds_sync (PolkitSystemBusName *system_bus + while (!((data.retrieved_uid && data.retrieved_pid) || data.caught_error)) + g_main_context_iteration (tmp_context, TRUE); + ++ if (data.caught_error) ++ goto out; ++ + if (out_uid) + *out_uid = data.uid; + if (out_pid) diff --git a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm index d868aceec2..40aa523b23 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ (package (name "polkit") (version "0.116") + (replacement polkit/fixed) (source (origin (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append @@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ making process with respect to granting access to privileged operations for unprivileged applications.") (license lgpl2.0+))) +(define polkit/fixed + (package + (inherit polkit) + (source (origin + (inherit (package-source polkit)) + (patches (search-patches "polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch")))))) + (define-public polkit-qt (package (name "polkit-qt") |