GHSA-w573-9ffj-6ff9
Netty: Unix-socket fd receive leaks descriptors when peer sends two at once
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll | >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final | 4.2.15.Final |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue | >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final | 4.2.15.Final |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue | < 4.1.135.Final | 4.1.135.Final |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll | < 4.1.135.Final | 4.1.135.Final |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
netty_unix_socket_recvFd sets msg_control to `char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))]` (line 940) — 24 bytes on 64-bit Linux. A peer-sent SCM_RIGHTS cmsg carrying two ints has cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(8) = 24, which fits exactly with no MSG_CTRUNC, so the kernel installs both fds in the receiving process. The subsequent check `cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int))` (line 972, expected 20) fails, the branch that would read the fd is skipped, and neither installed fd is closed. The for(;;) loop calls recvmsg again (non-blocking → EAGAIN → Java maps to 0 → read loop exits normally), leaving two leaked fds per message. There is no MSG_CTRUNC handling. Reachable via Epoll/KQueue DomainSocketChannel when the application opts into DomainSocketReadMode.FILE_DESCRIPTORS (non-default).
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.