]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/bind9.git/commitdiff
Fix GSS-API context leak in TKEY negotiation
authorOndřej Surý <ondrej@isc.org>
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:10:35 +0000 (00:10 +0100)
committerMichał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Thu, 7 May 2026 11:32:15 +0000 (13:32 +0200)
Reject multi-round GSS-API negotiation (GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED) in
dst_gssapi_acceptctx().  Each call to gss_accept_sec_context()
allocates a context inside the GSS library; without this fix, the
context handle was passed back to process_gsstkey() which did not
store it persistently, leaking it on every incomplete negotiation.

An unauthenticated attacker could exhaust server memory by sending
repeated TKEY queries with GSSAPI tokens, each leaking one GSS
context.  The leaked memory is allocated by the GSS library via
malloc(), bypassing BIND's memory accounting.

In practice, Kerberos/SPNEGO (the only mechanism used with BIND)
completes in a single round, so rejecting continuation does not
affect real-world deployments.  See RFC 3645 Section 4.1.3.

lib/dns/gssapictx.c
lib/dns/include/dst/gssapi.h
lib/dns/tkey.c

index b500e94cdaabf5c7cc0bf1f9d61e2c3ae8e78e44..bbfebb9accc8c2d1b67cb4295307a841554fac09 100644 (file)
@@ -336,7 +336,14 @@ dst_gssapi_initctx(const dns_name_t *name, isc_buffer_t *intoken,
                GSS_SPNEGO_MECHANISM, flags, 0, NULL, gintokenp, NULL,
                &gouttoken, &ret_flags, NULL);
 
-       if (gret != GSS_S_COMPLETE && gret != GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED) {
+       switch (gret) {
+       case GSS_S_COMPLETE:
+               result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
+               break;
+       case GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED:
+               result = DNS_R_CONTINUE;
+               break;
+       default:
                gss_err_message(mctx, gret, minor, err_message);
                if (err_message != NULL && *err_message != NULL) {
                        gss_log(3, "Failure initiating security context: %s",
@@ -361,12 +368,6 @@ dst_gssapi_initctx(const dns_name_t *name, isc_buffer_t *intoken,
                CHECK(isc_buffer_copyregion(outtoken, &r));
        }
 
-       if (gret == GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
-               result = ISC_R_SUCCESS;
-       } else {
-               result = DNS_R_CONTINUE;
-       }
-
 cleanup:
        if (gouttoken.length != 0U) {
                (void)gss_release_buffer(&minor, &gouttoken);
@@ -390,15 +391,10 @@ dst_gssapi_acceptctx(const char *gssapi_keytab, isc_region_t *intoken,
        char buf[1024];
 
        REQUIRE(outtoken != NULL && *outtoken == NULL);
+       REQUIRE(*ctxout == NULL);
 
        REGION_TO_GBUFFER(*intoken, gintoken);
 
-       if (*ctxout == NULL) {
-               context = GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT;
-       } else {
-               context = *ctxout;
-       }
-
        if (gssapi_keytab != NULL) {
 #if HAVE_GSSAPI_GSSAPI_KRB5_H || HAVE_GSSAPI_KRB5_H
                gret = gsskrb5_register_acceptor_identity(gssapi_keytab);
@@ -442,8 +438,15 @@ dst_gssapi_acceptctx(const char *gssapi_keytab, isc_region_t *intoken,
 
        switch (gret) {
        case GSS_S_COMPLETE:
-       case GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED:
                break;
+       /*
+        * RFC 3645 4.1.3: we don't handle GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED
+        * Multi-round GSS-API negotiation is not supported.
+        */
+       case GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED:
+               gss_log(3, "multi-round GSS-API negotiation not supported");
+               (void)gss_delete_sec_context(&minor, &context, NULL);
+               FALLTHROUGH;
        case GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN:
        case GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL:
        case GSS_S_BAD_SIG:
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ dst_gssapi_acceptctx(const char *gssapi_keytab, isc_region_t *intoken,
        case GSS_S_BAD_MECH:
        case GSS_S_FAILURE:
                result = DNS_R_INVALIDTKEY;
-       /* fall through */
+               FALLTHROUGH;
        default:
                gss_log(3, "failed gss_accept_sec_context: %s",
                        gss_error_tostring(gret, minor, buf, sizeof(buf)));
@@ -474,42 +477,43 @@ dst_gssapi_acceptctx(const char *gssapi_keytab, isc_region_t *intoken,
                (void)gss_release_buffer(&minor, &gouttoken);
        }
 
-       if (gret == GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
-               gret = gss_display_name(&minor, gname, &gnamebuf, NULL);
-               if (gret != GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
-                       gss_log(3, "failed gss_display_name: %s",
-                               gss_error_tostring(gret, minor, buf,
-                                                  sizeof(buf)));
-                       CLEANUP(ISC_R_FAILURE);
-               }
+       INSIST(gret == GSS_S_COMPLETE);
 
-               /*
-                * Compensate for a bug in Solaris8's implementation
-                * of gss_display_name().  Should be harmless in any
-                * case, since principal names really should not
-                * contain null characters.
-                */
-               if (gnamebuf.length > 0U &&
-                   ((char *)gnamebuf.value)[gnamebuf.length - 1] == '\0')
-               {
-                       gnamebuf.length--;
-               }
+       gret = gss_display_name(&minor, gname, &gnamebuf, NULL);
+       if (gret != GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
+               gss_log(3, "failed gss_display_name: %s",
+                       gss_error_tostring(gret, minor, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+               CLEANUP(ISC_R_FAILURE);
+       }
 
-               gss_log(3, "gss-api source name (accept) is %.*s",
-                       (int)gnamebuf.length, (char *)gnamebuf.value);
+       /*
+        * Compensate for a bug in Solaris8's implementation
+        * of gss_display_name().  Should be harmless in any
+        * case, since principal names really should not
+        * contain null characters.
+        */
+       if (gnamebuf.length > 0U &&
+           ((char *)gnamebuf.value)[gnamebuf.length - 1] == '\0')
+       {
+               gnamebuf.length--;
+       }
 
-               GBUFFER_TO_REGION(gnamebuf, r);
-               isc_buffer_init(&namebuf, r.base, r.length);
-               isc_buffer_add(&namebuf, r.length);
+       gss_log(3, "gss-api source name (accept) is %.*s", (int)gnamebuf.length,
+               (char *)gnamebuf.value);
 
-               CHECK(dns_name_fromtext(principal, &namebuf, dns_rootname, 0));
-       } else {
-               result = DNS_R_CONTINUE;
-       }
+       GBUFFER_TO_REGION(gnamebuf, r);
+       isc_buffer_init(&namebuf, r.base, r.length);
+       isc_buffer_add(&namebuf, r.length);
+
+       CHECK(dns_name_fromtext(principal, &namebuf, dns_rootname, 0));
 
        *ctxout = context;
 
 cleanup:
+       if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS && context != GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT) {
+               (void)gss_delete_sec_context(&minor, &context, NULL);
+       }
+
        if (gnamebuf.length != 0U) {
                gret = gss_release_buffer(&minor, &gnamebuf);
                if (gret != GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
index a519487da00f884dec0e17184cb0ef4df8ccba96..6551e014cef0f9f558d5f05c660b95fb67013b7e 100644 (file)
@@ -71,18 +71,17 @@ dst_gssapi_acceptctx(const char *gssapi_keytab, isc_region_t *intoken,
  *                generated by gss_accept_sec_context() to be sent to the
  *                initiator
  *      'context'  is a valid pointer to receive the generated context handle.
- *                 On the initial call, it should be a pointer to NULL, which
- *                will be allocated as a dns_gss_ctx_id_t.  Subsequent calls
- *                should pass in the handle generated on the first call.
  *
  *     Requires:
- *             'outtoken' to != NULL && *outtoken == NULL.
+ *             'outtoken' != NULL && *outtoken == NULL.
+ *             'context'  != NULL && *context  == NULL.
  *
  *     Returns:
- *             ISC_R_SUCCESS   msg was successfully updated to include the
- *                             query to be sent
- *             DNS_R_CONTINUE  transaction still in progress
- *             other           an error occurred while building the message
+ *             ISC_R_SUCCESS           msg was successfully updated to include
+ *                                     the query to be sent
+ *             DNS_R_INVALIDTKEY       an error occurred while accepting the
+ *                                     context
+ *             ISC_R_FAILURE           other error occurred
  */
 
 isc_result_t
index a65661670f1a0f9ce31d8c3c58c4e6b3b6ed54aa..38bdbd3ad74d9df64551945d2e0ba94d13c4c35a 100644 (file)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ process_gsstkey(dns_message_t *msg, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdata_tkey_t *tkeyin,
        intoken = (isc_region_t){ tkeyin->key, tkeyin->keylen };
        result = dst_gssapi_acceptctx(tctx->gssapi_keytab, &intoken, &outtoken,
                                      &gss_ctx, principal, tctx->mctx);
-       if (result == DNS_R_INVALIDTKEY) {
+       if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
                if (tsigkey != NULL) {
                        dns_tsigkey_detach(&tsigkey);
                }
@@ -189,12 +189,11 @@ process_gsstkey(dns_message_t *msg, dns_name_t *name, dns_rdata_tkey_t *tkeyin,
                tkey_log("process_gsstkey(): dns_tsigerror_badkey");
                return ISC_R_SUCCESS;
        }
-       if (result != DNS_R_CONTINUE && result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
-               CHECK(result);
-       }
 
        /*
-        * XXXDCL Section 4.1.3: Limit GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED to 10 times.
+        * Multi-round GSS-API negotiation (GSS_S_CONTINUE_NEEDED) is
+        * rejected in dst_gssapi_acceptctx(), so if we reach here the
+        * negotiation is complete and the principal must be set.
         */
        if (dns_name_countlabels(principal) == 0U) {
                if (tsigkey != NULL) {
@@ -678,9 +677,8 @@ dns_tkey_gssnegotiate(dns_message_t *qmsg, dns_message_t *rmsg,
                                 NULL));
 
        /*
-        * XXXSRA This seems confused.  If we got CONTINUE from initctx,
-        * the GSS negotiation hasn't completed yet, so we can't sign
-        * anything yet.
+        * GSS negotiation is complete (CONTINUE returned earlier).
+        * Create the TSIG key from the established context.
         */
        CHECK(dns_tsigkey_createfromkey(tkeyname, DST_ALG_GSSAPI, dstkey, true,
                                        false, NULL, rtkey.inception,