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[scarthgap,1/2] avahi: patch CVE-2025-68276

Message ID 20260125094020.1232242-1-ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com
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Series [scarthgap,1/2] avahi: patch CVE-2025-68276 | expand

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Ankur Tyagi Jan. 25, 2026, 9:40 a.m. UTC 
From: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>

Backport the patch[1] from the PR[2] mentioned in the nvd[3].

[1] https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/2d48e42d44a183f26a4d12d1f5d41abb9b7c6355
[2] https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/806
[3] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68276

Dropped CI changes from the original PR during backport.

Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
---
 meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb  |  1 +
 .../avahi/files/CVE-2025-68276.patch          | 65 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/files/CVE-2025-68276.patch
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diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb
index 7930bd3037..bb20fd17cc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_0.8.bb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@  SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/avahi-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://CVE-2023-38473.patch \
            file://CVE-2024-52616.patch \
            file://CVE-2024-52615.patch \
+           file://CVE-2025-68276.patch \
            "
 
 GITHUB_BASE_URI = "https://github.com/avahi/avahi/releases/"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/files/CVE-2025-68276.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/files/CVE-2025-68276.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75169419f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/avahi/files/CVE-2025-68276.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ 
+From 8ec85459d8e6e59cc14457e16fb7ba171901f90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Evgeny Vereshchagin <evvers@ya.ru>
+Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:11:23 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] core: refuse to create wide-area record browsers when
+ wide-area is off
+
+It fixes a bug where it was possible for unprivileged local users to
+crash avahi-daemon (with wide-area disabled) by creating record browsers
+with the AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA flag set via D-Bus (either by calling
+the RecordBrowserNew method directly or by creating hostname/address/service
+resolvers/browsers that create those browsers internally themselves).
+
+```
+$ gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.Avahi --object-path / --method org.freedesktop.Avahi.Server.ResolveHostName -- -1 -1 yo.local -1 1
+Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying
+```
+```
+dbus-protocol.c: interface=org.freedesktop.Avahi.Server, path=/, member=ResolveHostName
+avahi-daemon: wide-area.c:725: avahi_wide_area_scan_cache: Assertion `e' failed.
+==307948==
+==307948== Process terminating with default action of signal 6 (SIGABRT)
+==307948==    at 0x4B3630C: __pthread_kill_implementation (pthread_kill.c:44)
+==307948==    by 0x4ADF921: raise (raise.c:26)
+==307948==    by 0x4AC74AB: abort (abort.c:77)
+==307948==    by 0x4AC741F: __assert_fail_base.cold (assert.c:118)
+==307948==    by 0x48D8B85: avahi_wide_area_scan_cache (wide-area.c:725)
+==307948==    by 0x48C8953: lookup_scan_cache (browse.c:351)
+==307948==    by 0x48C8B1B: lookup_go (browse.c:386)
+==307948==    by 0x48C9148: defer_callback (browse.c:516)
+==307948==    by 0x48AEA0E: expiration_event (timeeventq.c:94)
+==307948==    by 0x489D3AE: timeout_callback (simple-watch.c:447)
+==307948==    by 0x489D787: avahi_simple_poll_dispatch (simple-watch.c:563)
+==307948==    by 0x489D91E: avahi_simple_poll_iterate (simple-watch.c:605)
+==307948==
+```
+
+wide-area has been disabled by default since
+9c4214146738146e454f098264690e8e884c39bd (v0.9-rc2).
+
+https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-mhf3-865v-g5rc
+
+CVE: CVE-2025-68276
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/2d48e42d44a183f26a4d12d1f5d41abb9b7c6355]
+(cherry picked from commit 2d48e42d44a183f26a4d12d1f5d41abb9b7c6355)
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ avahi-core/browse.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/avahi-core/browse.c b/avahi-core/browse.c
+index e8a915e..59d53cb 100644
+--- a/avahi-core/browse.c
++++ b/avahi-core/browse.c
+@@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ AvahiSRecordBrowser *avahi_s_record_browser_prepare(
+     AVAHI_CHECK_VALIDITY_RETURN_NULL(server, AVAHI_FLAGS_VALID(flags, AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA|AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_MULTICAST), AVAHI_ERR_INVALID_FLAGS);
+     AVAHI_CHECK_VALIDITY_RETURN_NULL(server, !(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA) || !(flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_MULTICAST), AVAHI_ERR_INVALID_FLAGS);
+ 
++    if ((flags & AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA) && !server->wide_area_lookup_engine) {
++        avahi_server_set_errno(server, AVAHI_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED);
++        return NULL;
++    }
++
+     if (!(b = avahi_new(AvahiSRecordBrowser, 1))) {
+         avahi_server_set_errno(server, AVAHI_ERR_NO_MEMORY);
+         return NULL;