From 3ff24bbe1d0e11a2edb5cac0ae421b8e95220651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:36:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix various issues in cupsd

Various issues were found by @SilverPlate3, recognized as CVE-2025-61915:

- out of bound write when handling IPv6 addresses,
- cupsd crash caused by null dereference when ErrorPolicy value is empty,

On the top of that, Mike Sweet noticed vulnerability via domain socket,
exploitable locally if attacker has access to domain socket and knows username
of user within a group which is present in CUPS system groups:

- rewrite of cupsd.conf via PeerCred authorization via domain socket

The last vulnerability is fixed by introducing PeerCred directive for cups-files.conf,
which controls whether PeerCred is enabled/disabled for user in CUPS system groups.

Fixes CVE-2025-61915

CVE: CVE-2025-61915
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/db8d560262c2]

(cherry picked from commit db8d560262c22a21ee1e55dfd62fa98d9359bcb0)
Signed-off-by: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
---
 conf/cups-files.conf.in              |  3 ++
 config-scripts/cups-defaults.m4      |  9 +++++
 config.h.in                          |  7 ++++
 configure                            | 22 ++++++++++
 doc/help/man-cups-files.conf.html    |  9 ++++-
 man/cups-files.conf.5                | 17 ++++++--
 scheduler/auth.c                     |  8 +++-
 scheduler/auth.h                     |  7 ++++
 scheduler/client.c                   |  2 +-
 scheduler/conf.c                     | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 test/run-stp-tests.sh                |  2 +-
 vcnet/config.h                       |  7 ++++
 xcode/CUPS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj |  2 -
 xcode/config.h                       |  7 ++++
 14 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conf/cups-files.conf.in b/conf/cups-files.conf.in
index 27d8be96f..bc999e420 100644
--- a/conf/cups-files.conf.in
+++ b/conf/cups-files.conf.in
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 SystemGroup @CUPS_SYSTEM_GROUPS@
 @CUPS_SYSTEM_AUTHKEY@

+# Are Unix domain socket peer credentials used for authorization?
+PeerCred @CUPS_PEER_CRED@
+
 # User that is substituted for unauthenticated (remote) root accesses...
 #RemoteRoot remroot

diff --git a/config-scripts/cups-defaults.m4 b/config-scripts/cups-defaults.m4
index 27e5bc472..b4f03d624 100644
--- a/config-scripts/cups-defaults.m4
+++ b/config-scripts/cups-defaults.m4
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([log_level], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-log-level], [set default LogLeve
 AC_SUBST([CUPS_LOG_LEVEL])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CUPS_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL], ["$CUPS_LOG_LEVEL"], [Default LogLevel value.])

+dnl Default PeerCred
+AC_ARG_WITH([peer_cred], AS_HELP_STRING([--with-peer-cred], [set default PeerCred value (on/off/root-only), default=on]), [
+    CUPS_PEER_CRED="$withval"
+], [
+    CUPS_PEER_CRED="on"
+])
+AC_SUBST([CUPS_PEER_CRED])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED], ["$CUPS_PEER_CRED"], [Default PeerCred value.])
+
 dnl Default AccessLogLevel
 AC_ARG_WITH(access_log_level, [  --with-access-log-level set default AccessLogLevel value, default=none],
	CUPS_ACCESS_LOG_LEVEL="$withval",
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 6940b9604..222b3b5bf 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
 #define CUPS_DEFAULT_ERROR_POLICY "stop-printer"


+/*
+ * Default PeerCred value...
+ */
+
+#define CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED "on"
+
+
 /*
  * Default MaxCopies value...
  */
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f8147c9d6..f456c8588 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ CUPS_BROWSING
 CUPS_SYNC_ON_CLOSE
 CUPS_PAGE_LOG_FORMAT
 CUPS_ACCESS_LOG_LEVEL
+CUPS_PEER_CRED
 CUPS_LOG_LEVEL
 CUPS_FATAL_ERRORS
 CUPS_ERROR_POLICY
@@ -925,6 +926,7 @@ with_max_log_size
 with_error_policy
 with_fatal_errors
 with_log_level
+with_peer_cred
 with_access_log_level
 enable_page_logging
 enable_sync_on_close
@@ -1661,6 +1663,8 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-error-policy     set default ErrorPolicy value, default=stop-printer
   --with-fatal-errors     set default FatalErrors value, default=config
   --with-log-level        set default LogLevel value, default=warn
+  --with-peer-cred        set default PeerCred value (on/off/root-only),
+                          default=on
   --with-access-log-level set default AccessLogLevel value, default=none
   --with-local-protocols  set default BrowseLocalProtocols, default=""
   --with-cups-user        set default user for CUPS
@@ -11718,6 +11722,24 @@ printf "%s\n" "#define CUPS_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL \"$CUPS_LOG_LEVEL\"" >>confdefs.h



+# Check whether --with-peer_cred was given.
+if test ${with_peer_cred+y}
+then :
+  withval=$with_peer_cred;
+    CUPS_PEER_CRED="$withval"
+
+else $as_nop
+
+    CUPS_PEER_CRED="on"
+
+fi
+
+
+
+printf "%s\n" "#define CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED \"$CUPS_PEER_CRED\"" >>confdefs.h
+
+
+
 # Check whether --with-access_log_level was given.
 if test ${with_access_log_level+y}
 then :
diff --git a/doc/help/man-cups-files.conf.html b/doc/help/man-cups-files.conf.html
index c0c775dec..5a9ddefeb 100644
--- a/doc/help/man-cups-files.conf.html
+++ b/doc/help/man-cups-files.conf.html
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ The default is "/var/log/cups/page_log".
 <dt><a name="PassEnv"></a><b>PassEnv </b><i>variable </i>[ ... <i>variable </i>]
 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Passes the specified environment variable(s) to child processes.
 Note: the standard CUPS filter and backend environment variables cannot be overridden using this directive.
+<dt><a name="PeerCred"></a><b>PeerCred off</b>
+<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>PeerCred on</b>
+<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>PeerCred root-only</b>
+<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies whether peer credentials are used for authorization when communicating over the UNIX domain socket.
+When <b>on</b>, the peer credentials of any user are accepted for authorization.
+The value <b>off</b> disables the use of peer credentials entirely, while the value <b>root-only</b> allows peer credentials only for the root user.
+Note: for security reasons, the <b>on</b> setting is reduced to <b>root-only</b> for authorization of PUT requests.
 <dt><a name="RemoteRoot"></a><b>RemoteRoot </b><i>username</i>
 <dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the username that is associated with unauthenticated accesses by clients claiming to be the root user.
 The default is "remroot".
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@ command is used instead.
 <a href="man-subscriptions.conf.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>subscriptions.conf</b>(5),</a>
 CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
 <h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
-Copyright &copy; 2020-2023 by OpenPrinting.
+Copyright &copy; 2020-2025 by OpenPrinting.

 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/man/cups-files.conf.5 b/man/cups-files.conf.5
index 8358b62a1..107072c3c 100644
--- a/man/cups-files.conf.5
+++ b/man/cups-files.conf.5
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 .\"
 .\" cups-files.conf man page for CUPS.
 .\"
-.\" Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
+.\" Copyright © 2020-2025 by OpenPrinting.
 .\" Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
 .\" Copyright © 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products.
 .\"
 .\" Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
 .\" information.
 .\"
-.TH cups-files.conf 5 "CUPS" "2021-03-06" "OpenPrinting"
+.TH cups-files.conf 5 "CUPS" "2025-10-08" "OpenPrinting"
 .SH NAME
 cups\-files.conf \- file and directory configuration file for cups
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ The default is "/var/log/cups/page_log".
 \fBPassEnv \fIvariable \fR[ ... \fIvariable \fR]
 Passes the specified environment variable(s) to child processes.
 Note: the standard CUPS filter and backend environment variables cannot be overridden using this directive.
+.\"#PeerCred
+.TP 5
+\fBPeerCred off\fR
+.TP 5
+\fBPeerCred on\fR
+.TP 5
+\fBPeerCred root-only\fR
+Specifies whether peer credentials are used for authorization when communicating over the UNIX domain socket.
+When \fBon\fR, the peer credentials of any user are accepted for authorization.
+The value \fBoff\fR disables the use of peer credentials entirely, while the value \fBroot-only\fR allows peer credentials only for the root user.
+Note: for security reasons, the \fBon\fR setting is reduced to \fBroot-only\fR for authorization of PUT requests.
 .\"#RemoteRoot
 .TP 5
 \fBRemoteRoot \fIusername\fR
@@ -289,4 +300,4 @@ command is used instead.
 .BR subscriptions.conf (5),
 CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \[co] 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
+Copyright \[co] 2020-2025 by OpenPrinting.
diff --git a/scheduler/auth.c b/scheduler/auth.c
index 3c9aa72aa..bd0d28a0e 100644
--- a/scheduler/auth.c
+++ b/scheduler/auth.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ cupsdAuthorize(cupsd_client_t *con)	/* I - Client connection */
   }
 #endif /* HAVE_AUTHORIZATION_H */
 #if defined(SO_PEERCRED) && defined(AF_LOCAL)
-  else if (!strncmp(authorization, "PeerCred ", 9) &&
+  else if (PeerCred != CUPSD_PEERCRED_OFF && !strncmp(authorization, "PeerCred ", 9) &&
            con->http->hostaddr->addr.sa_family == AF_LOCAL && con->best)
   {
    /*
@@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ cupsdAuthorize(cupsd_client_t *con)	/* I - Client connection */
     }
 #endif /* HAVE_AUTHORIZATION_H */

+    if ((PeerCred == CUPSD_PEERCRED_ROOTONLY || httpGetState(con->http) == HTTP_STATE_PUT_RECV) && strcmp(authorization + 9, "root"))
+    {
+      cupsdLogClient(con, CUPSD_LOG_INFO, "User \"%s\" is not allowed to use peer credentials.", authorization + 9);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if ((pwd = getpwnam(authorization + 9)) == NULL)
     {
       cupsdLogClient(con, CUPSD_LOG_ERROR, "User \"%s\" does not exist.", authorization + 9);
diff --git a/scheduler/auth.h b/scheduler/auth.h
index ee98e92c7..fdf71213f 100644
--- a/scheduler/auth.h
+++ b/scheduler/auth.h
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 #define CUPSD_AUTH_LIMIT_ALL	127	/* Limit all requests */
 #define CUPSD_AUTH_LIMIT_IPP	128	/* Limit IPP requests */

+#define CUPSD_PEERCRED_OFF	0	/* Don't allow PeerCred authorization */
+#define CUPSD_PEERCRED_ON	1	/* Allow PeerCred authorization for all users */
+#define CUPSD_PEERCRED_ROOTONLY	2	/* Allow PeerCred authorization for root user */
+
 #define IPP_ANY_OPERATION	(ipp_op_t)0
					/* Any IPP operation */
 #define IPP_BAD_OPERATION	(ipp_op_t)-1
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ typedef struct

 VAR cups_array_t	*Locations	VALUE(NULL);
					/* Authorization locations */
+VAR int			PeerCred	VALUE(CUPSD_PEERCRED_ON);
+					/* Allow PeerCred authorization? */
+
 #ifdef HAVE_TLS
 VAR http_encryption_t	DefaultEncryption VALUE(HTTP_ENCRYPT_REQUIRED);
					/* Default encryption for authentication */
diff --git a/scheduler/client.c b/scheduler/client.c
index d495d9a75..81db4aa52 100644
--- a/scheduler/client.c
+++ b/scheduler/client.c
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ cupsdSendHeader(
       auth_size = sizeof(auth_str) - (size_t)(auth_key - auth_str);

 #if defined(SO_PEERCRED) && defined(AF_LOCAL)
-      if (httpAddrFamily(httpGetAddress(con->http)) == AF_LOCAL)
+      if (PeerCred != CUPSD_PEERCRED_OFF && httpAddrFamily(httpGetAddress(con->http)) == AF_LOCAL)
       {
         strlcpy(auth_key, ", PeerCred", auth_size);
         auth_key += 10;
diff --git a/scheduler/conf.c b/scheduler/conf.c
index 3184d72f0..6accf0590 100644
--- a/scheduler/conf.c
+++ b/scheduler/conf.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ typedef enum
 {
   CUPSD_VARTYPE_INTEGER,		/* Integer option */
   CUPSD_VARTYPE_TIME,			/* Time interval option */
+  CUPSD_VARTYPE_NULLSTRING,		/* String option or NULL/empty string */
   CUPSD_VARTYPE_STRING,			/* String option */
   CUPSD_VARTYPE_BOOLEAN,		/* Boolean option */
   CUPSD_VARTYPE_PATHNAME,		/* File/directory name option */
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ static const cupsd_var_t	cupsd_vars[] =
 {
   { "AutoPurgeJobs", 		&JobAutoPurge,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_BOOLEAN },
 #ifdef HAVE_DNSSD
-  { "BrowseDNSSDSubTypes",	&DNSSDSubTypes,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_STRING },
+  { "BrowseDNSSDSubTypes",	&DNSSDSubTypes,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_NULLSTRING },
 #endif /* HAVE_DNSSD */
   { "BrowseWebIF",		&BrowseWebIF,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_BOOLEAN },
   { "Browsing",			&Browsing,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_BOOLEAN },
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ static const cupsd_var_t	cupsd_vars[] =
   { "MaxSubscriptionsPerPrinter",&MaxSubscriptionsPerPrinter,	CUPSD_VARTYPE_INTEGER },
   { "MaxSubscriptionsPerUser",	&MaxSubscriptionsPerUser,	CUPSD_VARTYPE_INTEGER },
   { "MultipleOperationTimeout",	&MultipleOperationTimeout,	CUPSD_VARTYPE_TIME },
-  { "PageLogFormat",		&PageLogFormat,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_STRING },
+  { "PageLogFormat",		&PageLogFormat,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_NULLSTRING },
   { "PreserveJobFiles",		&JobFiles,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_TIME },
   { "PreserveJobHistory",	&JobHistory,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_TIME },
   { "ReloadTimeout",		&ReloadTimeout,		CUPSD_VARTYPE_TIME },
@@ -791,6 +792,13 @@ cupsdReadConfiguration(void)
   IdleExitTimeout = 60;
 #endif /* HAVE_ONDEMAND */

+  if (!strcmp(CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED, "off"))
+    PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_OFF;
+  else if (!strcmp(CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED, "root-only"))
+    PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_ROOTONLY;
+  else
+    PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_ON;
+
  /*
   * Setup environment variables...
   */
@@ -1831,7 +1839,7 @@ get_addr_and_mask(const char *value,	/* I - String from config file */

     family  = AF_INET6;

-    for (i = 0, ptr = value + 1; *ptr && i < 8; i ++)
+    for (i = 0, ptr = value + 1; *ptr && i >= 0 && i < 8; i ++)
     {
       if (*ptr == ']')
         break;
@@ -1977,7 +1985,7 @@ get_addr_and_mask(const char *value,	/* I - String from config file */
 #ifdef AF_INET6
       if (family == AF_INET6)
       {
-        if (i > 128)
+        if (i < 0 || i > 128)
	  return (0);

         i = 128 - i;
@@ -2011,7 +2019,7 @@ get_addr_and_mask(const char *value,	/* I - String from config file */
       else
 #endif /* AF_INET6 */
       {
-        if (i > 32)
+        if (i < 0 || i > 32)
	  return (0);

         mask[0] = 0xffffffff;
@@ -2921,7 +2929,17 @@ parse_variable(
	cupsdSetString((char **)var->ptr, temp);
	break;

+    case CUPSD_VARTYPE_NULLSTRING :
+	cupsdSetString((char **)var->ptr, value);
+	break;
+
     case CUPSD_VARTYPE_STRING :
+        if (!value)
+        {
+	  cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_ERROR, "Missing value for %s on line %d of %s.", line, linenum, filename);
+	  return (0);
+        }
+
	cupsdSetString((char **)var->ptr, value);
	break;
   }
@@ -3436,9 +3454,10 @@ read_cupsd_conf(cups_file_t *fp)	/* I - File to read from */
		      line, value ? " " : "", value ? value : "", linenum,
		      ConfigurationFile, CupsFilesFile);
     }
-    else
-      parse_variable(ConfigurationFile, linenum, line, value,
-                     sizeof(cupsd_vars) / sizeof(cupsd_vars[0]), cupsd_vars);
+    else if (!parse_variable(ConfigurationFile, linenum, line, value,
+			     sizeof(cupsd_vars) / sizeof(cupsd_vars[0]), cupsd_vars) &&
+	     (FatalErrors & CUPSD_FATAL_CONFIG))
+      return (0);
   }

   return (1);
@@ -3597,6 +3616,31 @@ read_cups_files_conf(cups_file_t *fp)	/* I - File to read from */
	    break;
       }
     }
+    else if (!_cups_strcasecmp(line, "PeerCred") && value)
+    {
+     /*
+      * PeerCred {off,on,root-only}
+      */
+
+      if (!_cups_strcasecmp(value, "off"))
+      {
+        PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_OFF;
+      }
+      else if (!_cups_strcasecmp(value, "on"))
+      {
+        PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_ON;
+      }
+      else if (!_cups_strcasecmp(value, "root-only"))
+      {
+        PeerCred = CUPSD_PEERCRED_ROOTONLY;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+	cupsdLogMessage(CUPSD_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown PeerCred \"%s\" on line %d of %s.", value, linenum, CupsFilesFile);
+        if (FatalErrors & CUPSD_FATAL_CONFIG)
+          return (0);
+      }
+    }
     else if (!_cups_strcasecmp(line, "PrintcapFormat") && value)
     {
      /*
diff --git a/test/run-stp-tests.sh b/test/run-stp-tests.sh
index 39b53c3e4..2089f7944 100755
--- a/test/run-stp-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-stp-tests.sh
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ fi

 cat >$BASE/cups-files.conf <<EOF
 FileDevice yes
-Printcap
+Printcap $BASE/printcap
 User $user
 ServerRoot $BASE
 StateDir $BASE
diff --git a/vcnet/config.h b/vcnet/config.h
index 7fc459217..76f5adbb7 100644
--- a/vcnet/config.h
+++ b/vcnet/config.h
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ typedef unsigned long useconds_t;
 #define CUPS_DEFAULT_ERROR_POLICY "stop-printer"


+/*
+ * Default PeerCred value...
+ */
+
+#define CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED "on"
+
+
 /*
  * Default MaxCopies value...
  */
diff --git a/xcode/CUPS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/xcode/CUPS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 597946440..54ac652a1 100644
--- a/xcode/CUPS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/xcode/CUPS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3433,7 +3433,6 @@
		72220FB313330BCE00FCA411 /* mime.c */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.c; name = mime.c; path = ../scheduler/mime.c; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
		72220FB413330BCE00FCA411 /* mime.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = mime.h; path = ../scheduler/mime.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
		72220FB513330BCE00FCA411 /* type.c */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.c; name = type.c; path = ../scheduler/type.c; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		7226369B18AE6D19004ED309 /* org.cups.cups-lpd.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; name = "org.cups.cups-lpd.plist"; path = "../scheduler/org.cups.cups-lpd.plist"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
		7226369C18AE6D19004ED309 /* org.cups.cupsd.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; name = org.cups.cupsd.plist; path = ../scheduler/org.cups.cupsd.plist; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
		7226369D18AE73BB004ED309 /* config.h.in */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text; name = config.h.in; path = ../config.h.in; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
		722A24EE2178D00C000CAB20 /* debug-internal.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = "debug-internal.h"; path = "../cups/debug-internal.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -5055,7 +5054,6 @@
			isa = PBXGroup;
			children = (
				72E65BDC18DC852700097E89 /* Makefile */,
-				7226369B18AE6D19004ED309 /* org.cups.cups-lpd.plist */,
				72E65BD518DC818400097E89 /* org.cups.cups-lpd.plist.in */,
				7226369C18AE6D19004ED309 /* org.cups.cupsd.plist */,
				72220F6913330B0C00FCA411 /* auth.c */,
diff --git a/xcode/config.h b/xcode/config.h
index e4a63f69d..366da777e 100644
--- a/xcode/config.h
+++ b/xcode/config.h
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@
 #define CUPS_DEFAULT_ERROR_POLICY "stop-printer"


+/*
+ * Default PeerCred value...
+ */
+
+#define CUPS_DEFAULT_PEER_CRED "on"
+
+
 /*
  * Default MaxCopies value...
  */
--
2.44.1
