2016-04-01  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>

	[BZ #19879]
	CVE-2016-3075
	* resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c (_nss_dns_getnetbyname_r): Do not
	copy name.

Index: glibc-2.23/NEWS
===================================================================
--- glibc-2.23.orig/NEWS
+++ glibc-2.23/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ Version 2.23.1
 
 Security related changes:
 
-  [Add security related changes here]
+* The getnetbyname implementation in nss_dns had a potentially unbounded
+  alloca call (in the form of a call to strdupa), leading to a stack
+  overflow (stack exhaustion) and a crash if getnetbyname is invoked
+  on a very long name.  (CVE-2016-3075)
 
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
@@ -17,9 +20,12 @@ The following bugs are resolved with thi
   [19758] Or bit_Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC in EXTRA_LD_ENVVARS
   [19759] Don't inline mempcpy for x86
   [19762] Use HAS_ARCH_FEATURE with Fast_Rep_String
-  [19791] Assertion failure in res_query.c with un-connectable name server addresses
+  [19791] Assertion failure in res_query.c with un-connectable name server
+    addresses
   [19792] MIPS: backtrace yields infinite backtrace with makecontext
   [19822] libm.so install clobbers old version
+  [19879] network: nss_dns: Stack overflow in getnetbyname implementation
+    (CVE-2016-3075)
 
 
 Version 2.23
Index: glibc-2.23/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
===================================================================
--- glibc-2.23.orig/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
+++ glibc-2.23/resolv/nss_dns/dns-network.c
@@ -118,17 +118,14 @@ _nss_dns_getnetbyname_r (const char *nam
   } net_buffer;
   querybuf *orig_net_buffer;
   int anslen;
-  char *qbuf;
   enum nss_status status;
 
   if (__res_maybe_init (&_res, 0) == -1)
     return NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL;
 
-  qbuf = strdupa (name);
-
   net_buffer.buf = orig_net_buffer = (querybuf *) alloca (1024);
 
-  anslen = __libc_res_nsearch (&_res, qbuf, C_IN, T_PTR, net_buffer.buf->buf,
+  anslen = __libc_res_nsearch (&_res, name, C_IN, T_PTR, net_buffer.buf->buf,
 			       1024, &net_buffer.ptr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
   if (anslen < 0)
     {