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From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: "Claude Opus 4.6" <noreply@anthropic.com>,
	Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: [PATCH master 2/3] jwt: fix buffer overflow and double-free in jwt_part_parse
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2026 14:52:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260302135258.197132-2-a.fatoum@barebox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260302135258.197132-1-a.fatoum@barebox.org>

jwt_part_parse() allocates a buffer with xmalloc(len) and then writes
a NUL terminator at decoded_len, but when len is 0 (empty JWT parts
like "..sig"), this writes past the allocation.

Additionally, when jsmn_parse_alloc() fails, the function frees
part->content but doesn't NULL the pointer. The caller then calls
jwt_free() → jwt_part_free() which frees part->content again.

Fix both: allocate len + 1 to accommodate the NUL terminator, and
NULL out part->content after freeing it on the error path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
---
 security/jwt.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/jwt.c b/security/jwt.c
index e4be17dcfac0..e828ccfd8cfe 100644
--- a/security/jwt.c
+++ b/security/jwt.c
@@ -55,12 +55,13 @@ static int jwt_part_parse(struct jwt_part *part, const char *content, size_t len
 {
 	size_t decoded_len;
 
-	part->content = xmalloc(len);
+	part->content = xmalloc(len + 1);
 	decoded_len = decode_base64url(part->content, len, content);
 	part->content[decoded_len] = '\0';
 	part->tokens = jsmn_parse_alloc(part->content, decoded_len, &part->token_count);
 	if (!part->tokens) {
 		free(part->content);
+		part->content = NULL;
 		return -EILSEQ;
 	}
 
-- 
2.47.3




  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-02 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-02 13:52 [PATCH master 1/3] treewide: fix -Wformat-security warnings for run_command() Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-02 13:52 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-03-02 13:52 ` [PATCH master 3/3] of: fdt: fix heap-buffer-overflow in fdt_machine_is_compatible Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-04  7:34 ` [PATCH master 1/3] treewide: fix -Wformat-security warnings for run_command() Sascha Hauer

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