jq: Fix CVE-2026-47770

This patch applies the upstream fix for CVE-2026-47770 as referenced in [2], using the upstream commit identified in [1]. [1] https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/7122866869960b55cea3646bc91334ef55787831 [2] https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-3pgx-frr7-3jxp Signed-off-by: Darsh Kelaiya <dkelaiya@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@oss.qualcomm.com>
2026-08-30 00:33:19 +00:00 · 2026-07-21 02:39:36 -07:00
parent da15df26e6
commit 624fedbfa0
2 changed files with 450 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+From 0f31d6f32040ed421d8ccb694aaf767865972e88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Yu-Fu Fu <yufu@yfu.tw>
+Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 04:07:16 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Guard deep structural equality and comparison recursion
+ (#3539)
+
+jv_equal and jv_cmp overflows the C stack on deeply nested
+input. Cap recursion at 10000 with -1 / INT_MIN sentinels;
+operators that compose user expressions surface this as
+"Equality check too deep" / "Comparison too deep".
+
+Fixes CVE-2026-47770.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-47770
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/7122866869960b55cea3646bc91334ef55787831]
+
+Backport Changes:
+- Omitted the newer f_bsearch C helper.
+  jq 1.7.1 neither contains nor registers this helper.
+  Adding it would introduce unrelated newer functionality.
+- Omitted the newer jv_unique C helper.
+  jq 1.7.1 has no matching helper or declaration.
+  Adding the entire function was unnecessary for the target.
+- Preserved jv_array_indexes iterator ownership.
+  jq 1.7.1 frees belem after each comparison.
+  Passing a copy prevents a double-free on the normal path.
+- Preserved the jq 1.7.1 delpaths_sorted loop.
+  The target uses a while loop instead of the newer do-while form.
+  Only the equality sentinel handling was needed.
+- Kept existing empty-array handling in sort_items().
+  The newer empty-array block was context, not part of the fix.
+  Only too_deep initialization was required.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 7122866869960b55cea3646bc91334ef55787831)
+Signed-off-by: Darsh Kelaiya <dkelaiya@cisco.com>
+---
+ src/builtin.c | 30 +++++++++++++++--
+ src/jv.c      | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++------
+ src/jv_aux.c  | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
+ tests/jq.test | 22 +++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/builtin.c b/src/builtin.c
+index 378be02..08a8a98 100644
+--- a/src/builtin.c
+++ b/src/builtin.c
+@@ -336,7 +336,15 @@ jv binop_minus(jv a, jv b) {
+     jv_array_foreach(a, i, x) {
+       int include = 1;
+       jv_array_foreach(b, j, y) {
+-        if (jv_equal(jv_copy(x), y)) {
+        int equal = jv_equal(jv_copy(x), y);
+        if (equal < 0) {
+          jv_free(out);
+          jv_free(x);
+          jv_free(a);
+          jv_free(b);
+          return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Equality check too deep"));
+        }
+        if (equal) {
+           include = 0;
+           break;
+         }
+@@ -431,11 +439,17 @@ jv binop_mod(jv a, jv b) {
+ #undef dtoi
+ 
+ jv binop_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+-  return jv_bool(jv_equal(a, b));
+  int r = jv_equal(a, b);
+  if (r < 0)
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Equality check too deep"));
+  return jv_bool(r);
+ }
+ 
+ jv binop_notequal(jv a, jv b) {
+-  return jv_bool(!jv_equal(a, b));
+  int r = jv_equal(a, b);
+  if (r < 0)
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Equality check too deep"));
+  return jv_bool(!r);
+ }
+ 
+ enum cmp_op {
+@@ -447,6 +461,8 @@ enum cmp_op {
+ 
+ static jv order_cmp(jv a, jv b, enum cmp_op op) {
+   int r = jv_cmp(a, b);
+  if (r == INT_MIN)
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Comparison too deep"));
+   return jv_bool((op == CMP_OP_LESS && r < 0) ||
+                  (op == CMP_OP_LESSEQ && r <= 0) ||
+                  (op == CMP_OP_GREATEREQ && r >= 0) ||
+@@ -1065,6 +1081,14 @@ static jv minmax_by(jv values, jv keys, int is_min) {
+   for (int i=1; i<jv_array_length(jv_copy(values)); i++) {
+     jv item = jv_array_get(jv_copy(keys), i);
+     int cmp = jv_cmp(jv_copy(item), jv_copy(retkey));
+    if (cmp == INT_MIN) {
+      jv_free(item);
+      jv_free(values);
+      jv_free(keys);
+      jv_free(retkey);
+      jv_free(ret);
+      return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Comparison too deep"));
+    }
+     if ((cmp < 0) == (is_min == 1)) {
+       jv_free(retkey);
+       retkey = item;
+diff --git a/src/jv.c b/src/jv.c
+index a68b171..fe27168 100644
+--- a/src/jv.c
+++ b/src/jv.c
+@@ -891,16 +891,20 @@ static jv* jvp_array_write(jv* a, int i) {
+   }
+ }
+ 
+-static int jvp_array_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+static int jvp_equal(jv a, jv b, int depth);
+
+static int jvp_array_equal(jv a, jv b, int depth) {
+   if (jvp_array_length(a) != jvp_array_length(b))
+     return 0;
+   if (jvp_array_ptr(a) == jvp_array_ptr(b) &&
+       jvp_array_offset(a) == jvp_array_offset(b))
+     return 1;
+   for (int i=0; i<jvp_array_length(a); i++) {
+-    if (!jv_equal(jv_copy(*jvp_array_read(a, i)),
+-                  jv_copy(*jvp_array_read(b, i))))
+-      return 0;
+    int r = jvp_equal(jv_copy(*jvp_array_read(a, i)),
+                      jv_copy(*jvp_array_read(b, i)),
+                      depth);
+    if (r <= 0)
+      return r;
+   }
+   return 1;
+ }
+@@ -1050,7 +1054,15 @@ jv jv_array_indexes(jv a, jv b) {
+   jv_array_foreach(a, ai, aelem) {
+     jv_free(aelem);
+     jv_array_foreach(b, bi, belem) {
+-      if (!jv_equal(jv_array_get(jv_copy(a), ai + bi), jv_copy(belem)))
+      int equal = jv_equal(jv_array_get(jv_copy(a), ai + bi), jv_copy(belem));
+      if (equal < 0) {
+        jv_free(res);
+        jv_free(belem);
+        jv_free(a);
+        jv_free(b);
+        return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Equality check too deep"));
+      }
+      if (!equal)
+         idx = -1;
+       else if (bi == 0 && idx == -1)
+         idx = ai;
+@@ -1782,7 +1794,7 @@ static int jvp_object_length(jv object) {
+   return n;
+ }
+ 
+-static int jvp_object_equal(jv o1, jv o2) {
+static int jvp_object_equal(jv o1, jv o2, int depth) {
+   int len2 = jvp_object_length(o2);
+   int len1 = 0;
+   for (int i=0; i<jvp_object_size(o1); i++) {
+@@ -1791,7 +1803,8 @@ static int jvp_object_equal(jv o1, jv o2) {
+     jv* slot2 = jvp_object_read(o2, slot->string);
+     if (!slot2) return 0;
+     // FIXME: do less refcounting here
+-    if (!jv_equal(jv_copy(slot->value), jv_copy(*slot2))) return 0;
+    int r = jvp_equal(jv_copy(slot->value), jv_copy(*slot2), depth);
+    if (r <= 0) return r;
+     len1++;
+   }
+   return len1 == len2;
+@@ -2007,7 +2020,16 @@ int jv_get_refcnt(jv j) {
+  * Higher-level operations
+  */
+ 
+-int jv_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+#ifndef MAX_EQUAL_DEPTH
+#define MAX_EQUAL_DEPTH (10000)
+#endif
+
+static int jvp_equal(jv a, jv b, int depth) {
+  if (depth > MAX_EQUAL_DEPTH) {
+    jv_free(a);
+    jv_free(b);
+    return -1;
+  }
+   int r;
+   if (jv_get_kind(a) != jv_get_kind(b)) {
+     r = 0;
+@@ -2023,13 +2045,13 @@ int jv_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+       r = jvp_number_equal(a, b);
+       break;
+     case JV_KIND_ARRAY:
+-      r = jvp_array_equal(a, b);
+      r = jvp_array_equal(a, b, depth + 1);
+       break;
+     case JV_KIND_STRING:
+       r = jvp_string_equal(a, b);
+       break;
+     case JV_KIND_OBJECT:
+-      r = jvp_object_equal(a, b);
+      r = jvp_object_equal(a, b, depth + 1);
+       break;
+     default:
+       r = 1;
+@@ -2041,6 +2063,11 @@ int jv_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+   return r;
+ }
+ 
+// Returns 1 if equal, 0 if not equal, or -1 if the comparison is too deep
+int jv_equal(jv a, jv b) {
+  return jvp_equal(a, b, 0);
+}
+
+ int jv_identical(jv a, jv b) {
+   int r;
+   if (a.kind_flags != b.kind_flags
+diff --git a/src/jv_aux.c b/src/jv_aux.c
+index 0855053..75497c5 100644
+--- a/src/jv_aux.c
+++ b/src/jv_aux.c
+@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ static double jv_number_get_value_and_consume(jv number) {
+   return value;
+ }
+ 
+#ifndef MAX_CMP_DEPTH
+#define MAX_CMP_DEPTH (10000)
+#endif
+
+struct sort_cmp_state {
+  int too_deep;
+};
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+static __declspec(thread) struct sort_cmp_state sort_cmp_state;
+#else
+#ifdef HAVE___THREAD
+static __thread struct sort_cmp_state sort_cmp_state;
+#else
+static struct sort_cmp_state sort_cmp_state;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+ static jv parse_slice(jv j, jv slice, int* pstart, int* pend) {
+   // Array slices
+   jv start_jv = jv_object_get(jv_copy(slice), jv_string("start"));
+@@ -471,7 +489,7 @@ static jv delpaths_sorted(jv object, jv paths, int start) {
+     int delkey = jv_array_length(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), i)) == start + 1;
+     jv key = jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), i), start);
+     while (j < jv_array_length(jv_copy(paths)) &&
+-           jv_equal(jv_copy(key), jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), j), start)))
+           jv_equal(jv_copy(key), jv_array_get(jv_array_get(jv_copy(paths), j), start)) == 1)
+       j++;
+     // if i <= entry < j, then entry starts with key
+     if (delkey) {
+@@ -602,7 +620,13 @@ jv jv_keys(jv x) {
+   }
+ }
+ 
+-int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+static int jvp_cmp(jv a, jv b, int depth) {
+  if (depth > MAX_CMP_DEPTH) {
+    jv_free(a);
+    jv_free(b);
+    return INT_MIN;
+  }
+
+   if (jv_get_kind(a) != jv_get_kind(b)) {
+     int r = (int)jv_get_kind(a) - (int)jv_get_kind(b);
+     jv_free(a);
+@@ -617,14 +641,13 @@ int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+   case JV_KIND_FALSE:
+   case JV_KIND_TRUE:
+     // there's only one of each of these values
+-    r = 0;
+     break;
+ 
+   case JV_KIND_NUMBER: {
+     if (jvp_number_is_nan(a)) {
+-      r = jv_cmp(jv_null(), jv_copy(b));
+      r = jvp_cmp(jv_null(), jv_copy(b), depth);
+     } else if (jvp_number_is_nan(b)) {
+-      r = jv_cmp(jv_copy(a), jv_null());
+      r = jvp_cmp(jv_copy(a), jv_null(), depth);
+     } else {
+       r = jvp_number_cmp(a, b);
+     }
+@@ -648,7 +671,9 @@ int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+       }
+       jv xa = jv_array_get(jv_copy(a), i);
+       jv xb = jv_array_get(jv_copy(b), i);
+-      r = jv_cmp(xa, xb);
+      r = jvp_cmp(xa, xb, depth + 1);
+      if (r == INT_MIN)
+        break;
+       i++;
+     }
+     break;
+@@ -657,13 +682,14 @@ int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+   case JV_KIND_OBJECT: {
+     jv keys_a = jv_keys(jv_copy(a));
+     jv keys_b = jv_keys(jv_copy(b));
+-    r = jv_cmp(jv_copy(keys_a), keys_b);
+    r = jvp_cmp(jv_copy(keys_a), keys_b, depth + 1);
+     if (r == 0) {
+       jv_array_foreach(keys_a, i, key) {
+         jv xa = jv_object_get(jv_copy(a), jv_copy(key));
+         jv xb = jv_object_get(jv_copy(b), key);
+-        r = jv_cmp(xa, xb);
+-        if (r) break;
+        r = jvp_cmp(xa, xb, depth + 1);
+        if (r != 0)
+          break;
+       }
+     }
+     jv_free(keys_a);
+@@ -676,6 +702,11 @@ int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+   return r;
+ }
+ 
+// Returns <0, 0, >0 if a is less than, equal to, or greater than b, or
+// INT_MIN if the comparison is too deep
+int jv_cmp(jv a, jv b) {
+  return jvp_cmp(a, b, 0);
+}
+ 
+ struct sort_entry {
+   jv object;
+@@ -683,19 +714,32 @@ struct sort_entry {
+   int index;
+ };
+ 
+static void sort_entry_array_free(struct sort_entry* entries, int start, int n) {
+  for (int i = start; i < n; i++) {
+    jv_free(entries[i].key);
+    jv_free(entries[i].object);
+  }
+  jv_mem_free(entries);
+}
+
+ static int sort_cmp(const void* pa, const void* pb) {
+   const struct sort_entry* a = pa;
+   const struct sort_entry* b = pb;
+   int r = jv_cmp(jv_copy(a->key), jv_copy(b->key));
+  if (r == INT_MIN) {
+    sort_cmp_state.too_deep = 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
+   // comparing by index if r == 0 makes the sort stable
+   return r ? r : (a->index - b->index);
+ }
+ 
+-static struct sort_entry* sort_items(jv objects, jv keys) {
+static struct sort_entry* sort_items(jv objects, jv keys, int *too_deep) {
+   assert(jv_get_kind(objects) == JV_KIND_ARRAY);
+   assert(jv_get_kind(keys) == JV_KIND_ARRAY);
+   assert(jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects)) == jv_array_length(jv_copy(keys)));
+   int n = jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects));
+  *too_deep = 0;
+   struct sort_entry* entries = jv_mem_calloc(n, sizeof(struct sort_entry));
+   for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
+     entries[i].object = jv_array_get(jv_copy(objects), i);
+@@ -704,7 +748,13 @@ static struct sort_entry* sort_items(jv objects, jv keys) {
+   }
+   jv_free(objects);
+   jv_free(keys);
+  sort_cmp_state.too_deep = 0;
+   qsort(entries, n, sizeof(struct sort_entry), sort_cmp);
+  if (sort_cmp_state.too_deep) {
+    sort_entry_array_free(entries, 0, n);
+    *too_deep = 1;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+   return entries;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -713,7 +763,10 @@ jv jv_sort(jv objects, jv keys) {
+   assert(jv_get_kind(keys) == JV_KIND_ARRAY);
+   assert(jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects)) == jv_array_length(jv_copy(keys)));
+   int n = jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects));
+-  struct sort_entry* entries = sort_items(objects, keys);
+  int too_deep = 0;
+  struct sort_entry* entries = sort_items(objects, keys, &too_deep);
+  if (too_deep)
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Comparison too deep"));
+   jv ret = jv_array();
+   for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
+     jv_free(entries[i].key);
+@@ -728,13 +781,24 @@ jv jv_group(jv objects, jv keys) {
+   assert(jv_get_kind(keys) == JV_KIND_ARRAY);
+   assert(jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects)) == jv_array_length(jv_copy(keys)));
+   int n = jv_array_length(jv_copy(objects));
+-  struct sort_entry* entries = sort_items(objects, keys);
+  int too_deep = 0;
+  struct sort_entry* entries = sort_items(objects, keys, &too_deep);
+  if (too_deep)
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Comparison too deep"));
+   jv ret = jv_array();
+   if (n > 0) {
+     jv curr_key = entries[0].key;
+     jv group = jv_array_append(jv_array(), entries[0].object);
+     for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+-      if (jv_equal(jv_copy(curr_key), jv_copy(entries[i].key))) {
+      int equal = jv_equal(jv_copy(curr_key), jv_copy(entries[i].key));
+      if (equal < 0) {
+        jv_free(curr_key);
+        jv_free(group);
+        sort_entry_array_free(entries, i, n);
+        jv_free(ret);
+        return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Equality check too deep"));
+      }
+      if (equal) {
+         jv_free(entries[i].key);
+       } else {
+         jv_free(curr_key);
+diff --git a/tests/jq.test b/tests/jq.test
+index 6d1518d..018d2d0 100644
+--- a/tests/jq.test
+++ b/tests/jq.test
+@@ -2172,3 +2172,25 @@ null
+ try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ({}; {a: .})) as $x | $x * $x) catch .
+ null
+ "Object merge too deep"
+
+# regression test for deep structural equality recursion
+try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ([]; [.])) as $x | (reduce range(10001) as $_ ([]; [.])) as $y | $x == $y) catch .
+null
+"Equality check too deep"
+
+# regression tests for deep ordering comparisons
+try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ([]; [.])) as $x | [$x, $x] | sort) catch .
+null
+"Comparison too deep"
+
+try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ([]; [.])) as $x | [$x, $x] | unique) catch .
+null
+"Comparison too deep"
+
+try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ({}; {a: .})) as $x | [$x, $x] | sort) catch .
+null
+"Comparison too deep"
+
+try ((reduce range(10001) as $_ ({}; {a: .})) as $x | [$x, $x] | unique) catch .
+null
+"Comparison too deep"
+-- 
+2.44.4
+
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/${BPN}-${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
    file://CVE-2026-43894.patch \
    file://CVE-2026-43896.patch \
    file://CVE-2026-43895.patch \
+    file://CVE-2026-47770.patch \
    "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "478c9ca129fd2e3443fe27314b455e211e0d8c60bc8ff7df703873deeee580c2"