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Created attachment 516749 [details] fuzzed binary dump Description of problem: I used fuzzing to create damaged binary dump. Fuzzing is a technique how to little bit damage any input file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dmidecode-2.10-1.30.1.el6.x86_64 python-dmidecode-3.10.13-1.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: try to create specific binary dump Steps to Reproduce: 1. have a nice binary dump 2. use fuzzing tool to damage it , see attached fuzzed.bin 3. cat script.py import dmidecode dmidecode.clear_warnings() dmidecode.set_dev('fuzzed.bin') x = dmidecode.dmidecodeXML() x.SetResultType(dmidecode.DMIXML_DOC) x.QuerySection('processor').saveFormatFileEnc('-','UTF-8',1) 4. python script.py Segmentation fault (core dumped) Actual results: Segmentation fault (core dumped) Expected results: no segmentation fault, I would expect warning message Additional info: dmidecode --from-dump fuzzed.bin # dmidecode is able to read such a file fuzzing: used zzuf http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/zzuf
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This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
python-dmidecode-3.10.15-1.el6 manages to partially decode the corrupted dmi image dump, then provides a useful traceback with error messages about the DMI structures being wrong. I confirmed similar behavior with /usr/sbin/dmidecode. The previous version of python-dmidecode would seg-fault while producing no output.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0691.html