package/libssh2: add upstream patch for CVE-2026-55199

Fixes the following vulnerability:

- CVE-2026-55199:
    libssh2 through 1.11.1, fixed in commit 1762685, contains a pre-
    authentication denial of service vulnerability in the SSH_MSG_EXT_INFO
    handler in src/packet.c that allows a malicious SSH server to cause a
    client CPU exhaustion loop by sending a crafted extension count value.
    A malicious server can set nr_extensions to 0xFFFFFFFF during key
    exchange, causing the client to spin in a tight CPU loop for over 60
    seconds because return values from _libssh2_get_string() are unchecked
    and the session timeout does not apply to CPU-bound loops.

For more information, see:
  - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55199
  - 17626857d2

Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@gmx.de>
(cherry picked from commit 3c8cfad804)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Perale
2026-06-30 21:41:59 +02:00
parent 2a0e73dfcb
commit 3313c4f10e
2 changed files with 46 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
From 17626857d20b3c9a1addfa45979dadcee1cd84a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TristanInSec <tristan.mtn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:51:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] packet: check `_libssh2_get_string()` return in `EXT_INFO`
handler
The `SSH_MSG_EXT_INFO` handler discards the return values from
`_libssh2_get_string()` when parsing extension name/value pairs. When
the buffer is exhausted before all claimed extensions are parsed,
the loop continues with no-op iterations until `nr_extensions` reaches
zero.
The `nr_extensions >= 1024` cap limits the worst case, but the loop
should still break on parse failure for correctness and consistency
with other parsers in this file (e.g. `SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN`,
`SSH_MSG_KEXINIT`) that check `_libssh2_get_string()` return values.
Closes #1864
CVE: CVE-2026-55199
Upstream: https://github.com/libssh2/libssh2/commit/17626857d20b3c9a1addfa45979dadcee1cd84a4
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
---
src/packet.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/packet.c b/src/packet.c
index ae86365d2a..8a7a0d2690 100644
--- a/src/packet.c
+++ b/src/packet.c
@@ -868,8 +868,10 @@ _libssh2_packet_add(LIBSSH2_SESSION * session, unsigned char *data,
nr_extensions -= 1;
- _libssh2_get_string(&buf, &name, &name_len);
- _libssh2_get_string(&buf, &value, &value_len);
+ if(_libssh2_get_string(&buf, &name, &name_len))
+ break;
+ if(_libssh2_get_string(&buf, &value, &value_len))
+ break;
if(name && value) {
_libssh2_debug((session,

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@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ LIBSSH2_CONF_OPTS = --disable-examples-build --disable-rpath
# 0001-username-len-bound-checking.patch
LIBSSH2_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2026-7598
# 0002-packet-check-libssh2-get-string-return-in-EXT-INFO-handler.patch
LIBSSH2_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2026-55199
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH2_MBEDTLS),y)
LIBSSH2_DEPENDENCIES += mbedtls
LIBSSH2_CONF_OPTS += --with-libmbedcrypto-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \