Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: bookworm
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Control: affects -1 + src:shadow
User: [email protected]
Usertags: pu

[ Reason ]
shadow upstream received a (renewed) bug report that groupmod -U ... 
can segfault. Upstream asked that we backport the fix for this.

[ Impact ]
groupmod -U continues to segfault.

[ Tests ]
I've manually tested the fix.

[ Risks ]
The upstream fix landed a long time ago, and the diff is quite 
readable.

[ Checklist ]
  [x] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
  [x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
  [x] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
  [x] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable

[ Changes ]
Includes upstream patch. No other changes.

[ Other info ]
Nothing I'm aware of.

diff -Nru shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/changelog shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/changelog
--- shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/changelog  2025-04-07 12:38:46.000000000 +0200
+++ shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/changelog  2025-12-14 15:00:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+shadow (1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u2) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * Apply upstream patch to fix groupmod -U "" segfault (Closes: #1122913)
+
+ -- Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]>  Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:00:01 +0100
+
 shadow (1:4.13+dfsg1-1+deb12u1) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   [ Balint Reczey ]
diff -Nru shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/series 
shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/series
--- shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/series     2025-04-07 12:38:46.000000000 
+0200
+++ shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/series     2025-12-14 14:59:23.000000000 
+0100
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Debian #1122913
+upstream/10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f.patch
+
 # CVE-2023-4641
 0001-gpasswd-1-Fix-password-leak.patch
 
diff -Nru 
shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/upstream/10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f.patch
 
shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/upstream/10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f.patch
--- 
shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/upstream/10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f.patch
    1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ 
shadow-4.13+dfsg1/debian/patches/upstream/10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f.patch
    2025-12-14 15:00:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From 10429edc14673fbb8c78b25f1872c34e88e5f07f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: lixinyun <[email protected]>
+Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 06:53:02 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] src/groupmod.c: delete gr_free_members(&grp) to avoid double
+ free
+
+Groupmod -U may cause crashes because of double free. If without -a, the first 
free of (*ogrp).gr_mem is in gr_free_members(&grp), and then in gr_update 
without -n or gr_remove with -n.
+Considering the minimal impact of modifications on existing code, delete 
gr_free_members(&grp) to avoid double free.Although this may seem reckless, the 
second free in two different positions will definitely be triggered, and the 
following two test cases can be used to illustrate the situation :
+
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u1
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u2
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u3
+[root@localhost src]# ./groupadd -U u1,u2,u3 g1
+[root@localhost src]# ./groupmod -n g2 -U u1,u2 g1
+Segmentation fault
+
+This case would free (*ogrp).gr_mem in gr_free_members(&grp) due to assignment 
statements grp = *ogrp, then in if (nflg && (gr_remove (group_name) == 0)), 
which finally calls gr_free_members(grent) to free (*ogrp).gr_mem again.
+
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u1
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u2
+[root@localhost src]# ./useradd u3
+[root@localhost src]# ./groupadd -U u1,u2,u3 g1
+[root@localhost src]# ./groupmod -U u1,u2 g1
+Segmentation fault
+
+The other case would free (*ogrp).gr_mem in gr_free_members(&grp) too, then in 
if (gr_update (&grp) == 0), which finally calls gr_free_members(grent) too to 
free (*ogrp).gr_mem again.
+
+So the first free is unnecessary, maybe we can drop it.
+
+Fixes: 342c934a3590 ("add -U option to groupadd and groupmod")
+Closes: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1013>
+Link: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/1007>
+Link: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/pull/271>
+Link: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/265>
+Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]>
+Reviewed-by: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
+Signed-off-by: lixinyun <[email protected]>
+---
+ src/groupmod.c | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git i/src/groupmod.c w/src/groupmod.c
+index 006eca1c..7eae4c6f 100644
+--- i/src/groupmod.c
++++ w/src/groupmod.c
+@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ static void grp_update (void)
+ 
+               if (!aflg) {
+                       // requested to replace the existing groups
+-                      if (NULL != grp.gr_mem[0])
+-                              gr_free_members(&grp);
+                       grp.gr_mem = (char **)xmalloc(sizeof(char *));
+                       grp.gr_mem[0] = (char *)0;
+               } else {

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