High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2026· Updated Jun 9, 2026
CVE-2026-9669
CVE-2026-9669
Description
bz2.BZ2Decompressor objects could be reused after a decompression error. If an application caught the resulting OSError and retried with the same decompressor, crafted input could cause the decompressor to resume from an invalid internal state and perform out-of-bounds writes to a stack buffer. This could crash the process when processing untrusted data.
Affected products
2(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
Patches
15755d0f08394gh-150599: Prevent bz2 decompressor reuse after errors (#150600)
3 files changed · +33 −3
Lib/test/test_bz2.py+15 −0 modified@@ -1032,6 +1032,21 @@ def test_failure(self): # Previously, a second call could crash due to internal inconsistency self.assertRaises(Exception, bzd.decompress, self.BAD_DATA * 30) + def test_decompress_after_data_error(self): + data = bytes.fromhex( + "425a6839314159265359000000000000007fffff000000000000000000000000" + "00000000000000000000000000000000000000e0370000000000000000000000" + "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000083f3" + ) + bzd = BZ2Decompressor() + with self.assertRaisesRegex(OSError, "Invalid data stream"): + bzd.decompress(data) + # Previously, a second call could crash due to internal inconsistency + self.assertFalse(bzd.needs_input) + self.assertFalse(bzd.eof) + with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "previous error"): + bzd.decompress(b'\x00' * 18) + @support.refcount_test def test_refleaks_in___init__(self): gettotalrefcount = support.get_attribute(sys, 'gettotalrefcount')
Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-05-30-09-36-20.gh-issue-150599.nlHqU-.rst+3 −0 added@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Fix a possible stack buffer overflow in :mod:`bz2` when a +:class:`bz2.BZ2Decompressor` is reused after a decompression error. +The decompressor now becomes unusable after libbz2 reports an error.
Modules/_bz2module.c+15 −3 modified@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ typedef struct { typedef struct { PyObject_HEAD bz_stream bzs; + int bzerror; char eof; /* Py_T_BOOL expects a char */ PyObject *unused_data; char needs_input; @@ -435,8 +436,11 @@ decompress_buf(BZ2Decompressor *d, Py_ssize_t max_length) d->bzs_avail_in_real += bzs->avail_in; - if (catch_bz2_error(bzret)) + if (catch_bz2_error(bzret)) { + d->bzerror = bzret; + FT_ATOMIC_STORE_CHAR_RELAXED(d->needs_input, 0); goto error; + } if (bzret == BZ_STREAM_END) { FT_ATOMIC_STORE_CHAR_RELAXED(d->eof, 1); break; @@ -607,10 +611,17 @@ _bz2_BZ2Decompressor_decompress_impl(BZ2Decompressor *self, Py_buffer *data, PyObject *result = NULL; PyMutex_Lock(&self->mutex); - if (self->eof) + if (self->eof) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError, "End of stream already reached"); - else + } + else if (self->bzerror) { + // Re-entering BZ2_bzDecompress() after an error can write out of bounds. + PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, + "Decompressor is unusable after a previous error"); + } + else { result = decompress(self, data->buf, data->len, max_length); + } PyMutex_Unlock(&self->mutex); return result; } @@ -638,6 +649,7 @@ _bz2_BZ2Decompressor_impl(PyTypeObject *type) } self->mutex = (PyMutex){0}; + self->bzerror = 0; self->needs_input = 1; self->bzs_avail_in_real = 0; self->input_buffer = NULL;
Vulnerability mechanics
Synthesis attempt was rejected by the grounding validator. Re-run pending.
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