pax-utils: scanelf: out of bounds read in scanelf_file_textrel (scanelf.c)

Description:
pax-utils is a set of tools that check files for security relevant properties.

A fuzz on scanelf exposed an out-of bound read. It was reported to vapier which fixed the issue immediately.
Unfortunately I can’t get a symbolized ASan stacktrace, so I will show only the useful part of both asan and gdb.

# scanelf -s '*' -axetrnibSDIYZB $FILE
==1853==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: unknown-crash on address 0x7f4099d25008 at pc 0x00000053586e bp 0x7fff335cb8b0 sp 0x7fff335cb8a8
READ of size 8 at 0x7f4099d25008 thread T0
    #0 0x53586d  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x53586d)
    #1 0x51f526  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x51f526)
    #2 0x51b97e  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x51b97e)
    #3 0x51ad43  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x51ad43)
    #4 0x51922e  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x51922e)
    #5 0x7f4098afd61f  (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x2061f)
    #6 0x41a008  (/usr/bin/scanelf+0x41a008) 

(gdb) bt
#8  0x000000000053586e in scanelf_file_textrel (elf=, found_textrel=) at scanelf.c:560
#9  0x000000000051f527 in scanelf_elfobj (elf=) at scanelf.c:1536
#10 0x000000000051b97f in scanelf_elf (filename=0x7fffffffe50e "/tmp/afl/scanelf/report/crashes/2.crashes", fd=, len=) at scanelf.c:1612
#11 scanelf_fileat (dir_fd=, filename=, st_cache=) at scanelf.c:1679
#12 0x000000000051ad44 in scanelf_dirat (dir_fd=, path=) at scanelf.c:1713
#13 0x000000000051922f in scanelf_dir (path=) at scanelf.c:1763
#14 parseargs (argc=5, argv=0x7fffffffe258) at scanelf.c:2273
#15 main (argc=5, argv=) at scanelf.c:2361

Affected version:
1.2

Fixed version:
1.2.1

Commit fix:
https://github.com/gentoo/pax-utils/commit/95e5489534ac9e9324c5096286899b688e19ae00

Credit:
This bug was discovered by Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo.

CVE:
N/A

Reproducer:
https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00132-pax-utils-scanelf-oobread-scanelf_file_textrel

Timeline:
2017-01-23: bug discovered and reported to upstream
2017-01-24: upstream realeased a patch and 1.2.1
2017-02-01: blog post about the issue

Note:
This bug was found with American Fuzzy Lop.
I’d suggest to go to 1.2.2 because of a functionality bug(s) in 1.2.1

Permalink:
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/01/pax-utils-scanelf-out-of-bounds-read-in-scanelf_file_textrel-scanelf-c

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