libssh2: Fix CVE-2025-15661

Fix CVE-2025-15661[1] similiar to debian[2], two first commits identical,
third commit fixes a return code regression introduced by CVE fix commit.

[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15661
[2] https://sources.debian.org/patches/libssh2/1.11.1-4/

(From OE-Core rev: bfe549a53dc12382745fc49d37f3d2709fc20bec)

Signed-off-by: David Nyström <david.nystrom@est.tech>
Signed-off-by: Fabien Thomas <fabien.thomas@smile.fr>
Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>
This commit is contained in:
David Nyström
2026-08-24 11:43:45 +01:00
committed by Paul Barker
parent 604781030b
commit c38773f228
4 changed files with 236 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
From 95028b06d1875e07c99918145234a473e5e8521f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?David=20Nystr=C3=B6m?= <david.nystrom@est.tech>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 12:36:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] sftp: add LIBSSH2_UNCONST() macro needed by
CVE-2025-15661 fix
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Needed by the fix for CVE-2025-15661.
Extracted from upstream commit 606c102e52f8447de2b745dd6c5ddf418defc519
(build: enable -Wcast-qual, fix fallouts) by Viktor Szakats.
Only the LIBSSH2_UNCONST() macro definition in libssh2_priv.h is
included; the remainder of that commit is not applicable to this
stable branch.
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/606c102e52f8447de2b745dd6c5ddf418defc519]
Signed-off-by: David Nyström <david.nystrom@est.tech>
---
src/libssh2_priv.h | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/libssh2_priv.h b/src/libssh2_priv.h
index 9b8866dc..bb1f8ad3 100644
--- a/src/libssh2_priv.h
+++ b/src/libssh2_priv.h
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
#define UINT32_MAX 0xffffffffU
#endif
+#ifdef _WIN64
+#define LIBSSH2_UNCONST(p) ((void *)(libssh2_uint64_t)(const void *)(p))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define LIBSSH2_UNCONST(p) ((void *)(unsigned int)(const void *)(p))
+#else
+#define LIBSSH2_UNCONST(p) ((void *)(uintptr_t)(const void *)(p))
+#endif
+
#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && \
defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) && \
!defined(LIBSSH2_NO_FMT_CHECKS)
--
2.43.0
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
From 72e8f8dd812503e07fecd775e7f88183e005d9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Cosgrove <will@panic.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:26:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update sftp_symlink to avoid out of bounds read on
malformed packet #1705 (#1717)
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Use buffer struct to guard against out of bounds reads and invalid packets.
Discovery Credit:
Joshua Rogers
CVE: CVE-2025-15661
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/2dae3024897e1898d389835151f4e9606227721d]
Signed-off-by: David Nyström <david.nystrom@est.tech>
---
src/sftp.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sftp.c b/src/sftp.c
index 6ede3111..43b6ff90 100644
--- a/src/sftp.c
+++ b/src/sftp.c
@@ -3795,15 +3795,19 @@ static int sftp_symlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
{
LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel = sftp->channel;
LIBSSH2_SESSION *session = channel->session;
- size_t data_len = 0, link_len;
+ size_t data_len = 0, lk_len;
/* 13 = packet_len(4) + packet_type(1) + request_id(4) + path_len(4) */
ssize_t packet_len =
path_len + 13 +
((link_type == LIBSSH2_SFTP_SYMLINK) ? (4 + target_len) : 0);
unsigned char *s, *data = NULL;
+ struct string_buf buf;
static const unsigned char link_responses[2] =
{ SSH_FXP_NAME, SSH_FXP_STATUS };
int retcode;
+ unsigned char packet_type;
+ uint32_t tmp_u32;
+ unsigned char *lk_target;
if(sftp->symlink_state == libssh2_NB_state_idle) {
sftp->last_errno = LIBSSH2_FX_OK;
@@ -3891,8 +3895,25 @@ static int sftp_symlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
sftp->symlink_state = libssh2_NB_state_idle;
- if(data[0] == SSH_FXP_STATUS) {
- retcode = _libssh2_ntohu32(data + 5);
+ buf.data = (unsigned char *)LIBSSH2_UNCONST(data);
+ buf.dataptr = buf.data;
+ buf.len = data_len;
+
+ if(_libssh2_get_byte(&buf, &packet_type)) {
+ LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
+ return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
+ "SFTP Protocol Error (type)");
+ }
+
+ if(packet_type == SSH_FXP_STATUS) {
+ if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32)) {
+ LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
+ return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
+ "SFTP Protocol Error (code)");
+ }
+
+ retcode = (int)tmp_u32;
+
LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
if(retcode == LIBSSH2_FX_OK)
return LIBSSH2_ERROR_NONE;
@@ -3903,30 +3924,37 @@ static int sftp_symlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
}
}
- if(_libssh2_ntohu32(data + 5) < 1) {
+ /* advance past id */
+ if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32)) {
LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
- "Invalid READLINK/REALPATH response, "
- "no name entries");
+ "SFTP Protocol Error (id)");
}
- if(data_len < 13) {
- if(data_len > 0) {
- LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
- }
+ /* look for at least one link */
+ if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32) || tmp_u32 < 1) {
+ LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
- "SFTP stat packet too short");
+ "Invalid READLINK/REALPATH response, "
+ "no name entries");
}
- /* this reads a u32 and stores it into a signed 32bit value */
- link_len = _libssh2_ntohu32(data + 9);
- if(link_len < target_len) {
- memcpy(target, data + 13, link_len);
- target[link_len] = 0;
- retcode = (int)link_len;
+ if(_libssh2_get_string(&buf, &lk_target, &lk_len) == LIBSSH2_ERROR_NONE) {
+ if(lk_len < target_len) {
+ memcpy(target, lk_target, lk_len);
+ target[lk_len] = '\0';
+ retcode = (int)lk_len;
+ }
+ else {
+ retcode = LIBSSH2_ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL;
+ }
}
- else
- retcode = LIBSSH2_ERROR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL;
+ else {
+ LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
+ return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
+ "SFTP Protocol Error (filename)");
+ }
+
LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
return retcode;
--
2.43.0
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
From 09a4a795b051c8c39957a85b36abba5d8dbd7230 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will Cosgrove <will@panic.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:04:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix sftp_symlink when getting SSH_FXP_STATUS response
(#1731)
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Move advancing past packet ID before reading the FXP_STATUS response.
Note:
Fixes return code regression introduced by:
"Update sftp_symlink to avoid out of bounds read on malformed packet #1705 (#1717)"
CVE: CVE-2025-15661
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/4ed26f5740bdd409269ed9fb48a28bf8f565b681]
Signed-off-by: David Nyström <david.nystrom@est.tech>
---
src/sftp.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sftp.c b/src/sftp.c
index 43b6ff90..0a6d15de 100644
--- a/src/sftp.c
+++ b/src/sftp.c
@@ -3905,6 +3905,13 @@ static int sftp_symlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
"SFTP Protocol Error (type)");
}
+ /* advance past id */
+ if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32)) {
+ LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
+ return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
+ "SFTP Protocol Error (id)");
+ }
+
if(packet_type == SSH_FXP_STATUS) {
if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32)) {
LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
@@ -3924,13 +3931,6 @@ static int sftp_symlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path,
}
}
- /* advance past id */
- if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32)) {
- LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
- return _libssh2_error(session, LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL,
- "SFTP Protocol Error (id)");
- }
-
/* look for at least one link */
if(_libssh2_get_u32(&buf, &tmp_u32) || tmp_u32 < 1) {
LIBSSH2_FREE(session, data);
--
2.43.0
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.libssh2.org/download/${BP}.tar.gz \
file://CVE-2026-7598.patch \
file://CVE-2026-55200.patch \
file://CVE-2026-55199.patch \
file://CVE-2025-15661-1.patch \
file://CVE-2025-15661-2.patch \
file://CVE-2025-15661-3.patch \
"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d9ec76cbe34db98eec3539fe2c899d26b0c837cb3eb466a56b0f109cabf658f7"