[Bug 3735] New: The ngroups variable may be set to a negative value when calling sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX)

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Wed Sep 11 23:11:38 AEST 2024


https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3735

            Bug ID: 3735
           Summary: The ngroups variable may be set to a negative value
                    when calling sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX)
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 9.8p1
          Hardware: Other
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: Build system
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: suhov.ra at npc-ksb.ru

File:
https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/groupaccess.c

Line: 64

The ngroups variable can be set to a negative value when calling
sysconf(_SC_NGROUPS_MAX), and this value is then used without checking
in the xcalloc function call, which can lead to unpredictable behavior
or even errors.

A check must be added to ensure that the value returned by sysconf is
not negative.

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