xserver/present
Olivier Fourdan 4d07b16328 present: Fix use-after-free in present_create_notifies()
Using the Present extension, if an error occurs while processing and
adding the notifications after presenting a pixmap, the function
present_create_notifies() will clean up and remove the notifications
it added.

However, there are two different code paths that can lead to an error
creating the notify, one being before the notify is being added to the
list, and another one after the notify is added.

When the error occurs before it's been added, it removes the elements up
to the last added element, instead of the actual number of elements
which were added.

As a result, in case of error, as with an invalid window for example, it
leaves a dangling pointer to the last element, leading to a use after
free case later:

 |  Invalid write of size 8
 |     at 0x5361D5: present_clear_window_notifies (present_notify.c:42)
 |     by 0x534A56: present_destroy_window (present_screen.c:107)
 |     by 0x41E441: xwl_destroy_window (xwayland-window.c:1959)
 |     by 0x4F9EC9: compDestroyWindow (compwindow.c:622)
 |     by 0x51EAC4: damageDestroyWindow (damage.c:1592)
 |     by 0x4FDC29: DbeDestroyWindow (dbe.c:1291)
 |     by 0x4EAC55: FreeWindowResources (window.c:1023)
 |     by 0x4EAF59: DeleteWindow (window.c:1091)
 |     by 0x4DE59A: doFreeResource (resource.c:890)
 |     by 0x4DEFB2: FreeClientResources (resource.c:1156)
 |     by 0x4A9AFB: CloseDownClient (dispatch.c:3567)
 |     by 0x5DCC78: ClientReady (connection.c:603)
 |   Address 0x16126200 is 16 bytes inside a block of size 2,048 free'd
 |     at 0x4841E43: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:989)
 |     by 0x5363DD: present_destroy_notifies (present_notify.c:111)
 |     by 0x53638D: present_create_notifies (present_notify.c:100)
 |     by 0x5368E9: proc_present_pixmap_common (present_request.c:164)
 |     by 0x536A7D: proc_present_pixmap (present_request.c:189)
 |     by 0x536FA9: proc_present_dispatch (present_request.c:337)
 |     by 0x4A1E4E: Dispatch (dispatch.c:561)
 |     by 0x4B00F1: dix_main (main.c:284)
 |     by 0x42879D: main (stubmain.c:34)
 |   Block was alloc'd at
 |     at 0x48463F3: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:1675)
 |     by 0x5362A1: present_create_notifies (present_notify.c:81)
 |     by 0x5368E9: proc_present_pixmap_common (present_request.c:164)
 |     by 0x536A7D: proc_present_pixmap (present_request.c:189)
 |     by 0x536FA9: proc_present_dispatch (present_request.c:337)
 |     by 0x4A1E4E: Dispatch (dispatch.c:561)
 |     by 0x4B00F1: dix_main (main.c:284)
 |     by 0x42879D: main (stubmain.c:34)

To fix the issue, count and remove the actual number of notify elements
added in case of error.

CVE-2025-62229, ZDI-CAN-27238

This vulnerability was discovered by:
Jan-Niklas Sohn working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative

Signed-off-by: Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 5a4286b13f)

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/2088>
2025-10-28 14:27:03 +01:00
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meson.build build: Move epoll dependency check 2024-09-24 10:49:33 +02:00
present.c Present: add PresentCapabilitySyncobj and PresentPixmapSynced 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present.h modesetting: unflip before any setcrtc() calls 2023-12-16 04:36:39 +00:00
present_event.c present: Send a PresentConfigureNotify event for destroyed windows 2023-02-15 15:22:45 +01:00
present_execute.c xwayland: add support for wp_linux_drm_syncobj_v1 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present_fake.c Don't hardcode fps for fake screen 2021-07-29 08:09:00 +00:00
present_fence.c present: Include dix-config.h instead of xorg-config.h 2020-09-15 11:41:34 +02:00
present_notify.c present: Fix use-after-free in present_create_notifies() 2025-10-28 14:27:03 +01:00
present_priv.h Present: add PresentCapabilitySyncobj and PresentPixmapSynced 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present_request.c Present: add PresentCapabilitySyncobj and PresentPixmapSynced 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present_scmd.c Present: add PresentCapabilitySyncobj and PresentPixmapSynced 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present_screen.c Present: add PresentCapabilitySyncobj and PresentPixmapSynced 2024-04-09 06:11:03 +00:00
present_vblank.c present: signal explicit sync release point in present_vblank_scrap 2024-05-02 10:50:00 +02:00
presentext.h present: Add Present extension 2013-10-31 16:59:18 -07:00