[krbdev.mit.edu #9235] git commit

Greg Hudson via RT rt at krbdev.mit.edu
Fri Sep 4 20:00:12 EDT 2026


<URL: https://krbdev.mit.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=9235 >


Free small client memory leak on OTP failure

When an initial credentials request using FAST OTP fails due to a
rejection from the KDC, otp_client_prep_questions() may be called
during the processing of the PREAUTH_FAILED response, due to a minor
malfunction in the preauth logic (to be fixed separately).  When this
happens the OTP challenge in the PREAUTH_FAILED padata is decoded into
modreq, overwriting and leaking the decoded challenge from the
PREAUTH_REQUIRED response.

Although we don't expect multiple otp_client_prep_questions() calls
when the preauth logic is behaving properly, it could still happen due
to unexpected KDC behavior (such as a MORE_PREAUTH_DATA_REQUIRED
response).  Fix the leak in otp_client_prep_questions() so that it
isn't admitted under any KDC behavior.

(cherry picked from commit 82a4224f07ad21c2a3e977c5c4651d7d30c6f1f0)

https://github.com/krb5/krb5/commit/e689b5d54d90a45f4d03ccbdae40fb4037276ea7
Author: Greg Hudson <ghudson at mit.edu>
Commit: e689b5d54d90a45f4d03ccbdae40fb4037276ea7
Branch: krb5-1.22
 src/lib/krb5/krb/preauth_otp.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)



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