[PATCH xserver] glx: check for indirect context in CreateContextAttribsARB()

Olivier Fourdan ofourdan at redhat.com
Wed Sep 5 13:20:17 UTC 2018


Commit 99f0365b "Add a command line argument for disabling indirect GLX"
added a test to check if indirect context are enabled in
`DoCreateContext()` but `__glXDisp_CreateContextAttribsARB()` doesn't
use `DoCreateContext()` and doesn't check if indirect context is
enabled.

As a result, clients can still manage to create indirect contexts using
`glXCreateContextAttribsARB()` even if indirect contexts are disabled,
which can possibly crash Xservers such as Xwayland or Xephyr when the
context is destroyed.

To avoid the issue, check for `enableIndirectGLX` in
`__glXDisp_CreateContextAttribsARB()` as well.

Fixes: 99f0365b "Add a command line argument for disabling indirect GLX"
Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107508
Signed-off-by: Olivier Fourdan <ofourdan at redhat.com>
---
 glx/createcontext.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/glx/createcontext.c b/glx/createcontext.c
index 7d09c3a1c..24b02ddfb 100644
--- a/glx/createcontext.c
+++ b/glx/createcontext.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "glxserver.h"
 #include "glxext.h"
 #include "indirect_dispatch.h"
+#include "opaque.h"
 
 #define ALL_VALID_FLAGS \
     (GLX_CONTEXT_DEBUG_BIT_ARB | GLX_CONTEXT_FORWARD_COMPATIBLE_BIT_ARB \
@@ -320,6 +321,17 @@ __glXDisp_CreateContextAttribsARB(__GLXclientState * cl, GLbyte * pc)
         err = BadAlloc;
     }
     else {
+        /* Only allow creating indirect GLX contexts if allowed by
+         * server command line.  Indirect GLX is of limited use (since
+         * it's only GL 1.4), it's slower than direct contexts, and
+         * it's a massive attack surface for buffer overflow type
+         * errors.
+         */
+        if (!enableIndirectGLX) {
+            client->errorValue = req->isDirect;
+            return BadValue;
+        }
+
         ctx = glxScreen->createContext(glxScreen, config, shareCtx,
                                        req->numAttribs, (uint32_t *) attribs,
                                        &err);
-- 
2.17.1



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