package/python3: add patch for CVE-2026-3276

This fixes the following vulnerability:

- CVE-2026-3276:
    unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing
    specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining
    characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This
    affects all normalization forms.
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3276

Signed-off-by: Titouan Christophe <titouan.christophe@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
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Titouan Christophe
2026-06-08 23:20:48 +02:00
committed by Thomas Perale
parent 024b81ced4
commit 9e387ea498
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@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
From d8deb45e25f8eae007449f4018a4f1e117a772d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 18:12:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [3.12] gh-149079: Fix O(n^2) canonical ordering in
unicodedata.normalize() (GH-149080)
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Replace the insertion sort used for canonical ordering of combining
characters with a hybrid approach: insertion sort for short runs (< 20)
and counting sort for longer runs, reducing worst-case complexity from
O(n^2) to O(n). This prevents denial of service via crafted Unicode
strings with many combining characters in alternating CCC order.
(cherry picked from commit 991224b1e8311c85f198f6dd8208bf8cff7fc26f)
Co-authored-by: Seth Larson <seth@python.org>
Co-authored-by: ch4n3-yoon <ch4n3.yoon@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Seokchan Yoon <13852925+ch4n3-yoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Maurycy Pawłowski-Wieroński <maurycy@maurycy.com>
Upstream: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/150843
CVE: CVE-2026-3276
Signed-off-by: Titouan Christophe <titouan.christophe@mind.be>
---
Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py | 28 ++++
...-04-27-16-36-11.gh-issue-149079.vKl-LM.rst | 5 +
Modules/unicodedata.c | 144 ++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-04-27-16-36-11.gh-issue-149079.vKl-LM.rst
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py b/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
index 515c3840cb36474..6b4bff194eb4b59 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicodedata.py
@@ -203,6 +203,34 @@ def test_issue10254(self):
b = 'C\u0338' * 20 + '\xC7'
self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize('NFC', a), b)
+ def test_long_combining_mark_run(self):
+ # gh-149079: avoid quadratic canonical ordering.
+ payload = "a" + ("\u0300\u0327" * 32)
+ nfd = "a" + ("\u0327" * 32) + ("\u0300" * 32)
+ nfc = "\u00e0" + ("\u0327" * 32) + ("\u0300" * 31)
+
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFD", payload), nfd)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKD", payload), nfd)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFC", payload), nfc)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKC", payload), nfc)
+
+ def test_combining_mark_run_fast_paths(self):
+ # gh-149079: cover short runs and already-sorted long runs.
+ short_payload = "a" + ("\u0300\u0327" * 9) + "\u0300"
+ short_nfd = "a" + ("\u0327" * 9) + ("\u0300" * 10)
+ short_nfc = "\u00e0" + ("\u0327" * 9) + ("\u0300" * 9)
+ long_sorted = "a" + ("\u0327" * 30) + ("\u0300" * 30)
+ long_sorted_nfc = "\u00e0" + ("\u0327" * 30) + ("\u0300" * 29)
+
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFD", short_payload), short_nfd)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKD", short_payload), short_nfd)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFC", short_payload), short_nfc)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKC", short_payload), short_nfc)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFD", long_sorted), long_sorted)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKD", long_sorted), long_sorted)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFC", long_sorted), long_sorted_nfc)
+ self.assertEqual(self.db.normalize("NFKC", long_sorted), long_sorted_nfc)
+
def test_issue29456(self):
# Fix #29456
u1176_str_a = '\u1100\u1176\u11a8'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-04-27-16-36-11.gh-issue-149079.vKl-LM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-04-27-16-36-11.gh-issue-149079.vKl-LM.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4ed22b58f7405f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-04-27-16-36-11.gh-issue-149079.vKl-LM.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Fix a potential denial of service in :func:`unicodedata.normalize`. The
+canonical ordering step of Unicode normalization used a quadratic-time insertion
+sort for reordering combining characters, which could be exploited with
+crafted input containing many combining characters in non-canonical order.
+Replaced with a linear-time counting sort for long runs.
diff --git a/Modules/unicodedata.c b/Modules/unicodedata.c
index 41dcd5f8f883f2c..de3451628c6ef9f 100644
--- a/Modules/unicodedata.c
+++ b/Modules/unicodedata.c
@@ -490,19 +490,80 @@ get_decomp_record(PyObject *self, Py_UCS4 code,
#define NCount (VCount*TCount)
#define SCount (LCount*NCount)
+/* Small combining runs are usually cheaper with insertion sort. */
+#define CANONICAL_ORDERING_COUNTING_SORT_THRESHOLD 20
+
+static void
+canonical_ordering_sort_insertion(int kind, void *data,
+ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
+{
+ for (Py_ssize_t i = start + 1; i < end; i++) {
+ Py_UCS4 code = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i);
+ unsigned char combining = _getrecord_ex(code)->combining;
+ Py_ssize_t j = i;
+
+ while (j > start) {
+ Py_UCS4 previous = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, j - 1);
+ if (_getrecord_ex(previous)->combining <= combining) {
+ break;
+ }
+ PyUnicode_WRITE(kind, data, j, previous);
+ j--;
+ }
+ if (j != i) {
+ PyUnicode_WRITE(kind, data, j, code);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static void
+canonical_ordering_sort_counting(int kind, void *data,
+ Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end,
+ Py_UCS4 *sortbuf)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t counts[256] = {0};
+ Py_ssize_t run_length = end - start;
+ Py_ssize_t total = 0;
+
+ for (Py_ssize_t i = start; i < end; i++) {
+ Py_UCS4 code = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i);
+ unsigned char combining = _getrecord_ex(code)->combining;
+ counts[combining]++;
+ }
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(counts); i++) {
+ Py_ssize_t count = counts[i];
+ counts[i] = total;
+ total += count;
+ }
+
+ /* Reuse counts[] as the next output slot for each CCC. */
+ for (Py_ssize_t i = start; i < end; i++) {
+ Py_UCS4 code = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i);
+ unsigned char combining = _getrecord_ex(code)->combining;
+ sortbuf[counts[combining]++] = code;
+ }
+ for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < run_length; i++) {
+ PyUnicode_WRITE(kind, data, start + i, sortbuf[i]);
+ }
+}
+
static PyObject*
nfd_nfkd(PyObject *self, PyObject *input, int k)
{
PyObject *result;
Py_UCS4 *output;
Py_ssize_t i, o, osize;
- int kind;
- const void *data;
+ int input_kind, result_kind;
+ const void *input_data;
+ void *result_data;
/* Longest decomposition in Unicode 3.2: U+FDFA */
Py_UCS4 stack[20];
Py_ssize_t space, isize;
int index, prefix, count, stackptr;
unsigned char prev, cur;
+ Py_UCS4 *sortbuf = NULL;
+ Py_ssize_t sortbuflen = 0;
stackptr = 0;
isize = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(input);
@@ -522,11 +583,11 @@ nfd_nfkd(PyObject *self, PyObject *input, int k)
return NULL;
}
i = o = 0;
- kind = PyUnicode_KIND(input);
- data = PyUnicode_DATA(input);
+ input_kind = PyUnicode_KIND(input);
+ input_data = PyUnicode_DATA(input);
while (i < isize) {
- stack[stackptr++] = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i++);
+ stack[stackptr++] = PyUnicode_READ(input_kind, input_data, i++);
while(stackptr) {
Py_UCS4 code = stack[--stackptr];
/* Hangul Decomposition adds three characters in
@@ -591,35 +652,66 @@ nfd_nfkd(PyObject *self, PyObject *input, int k)
PyMem_Free(output);
if (!result)
return NULL;
+
/* result is guaranteed to be ready, as it is compact. */
- kind = PyUnicode_KIND(result);
- data = PyUnicode_DATA(result);
+ result_kind = PyUnicode_KIND(result);
+ result_data = PyUnicode_DATA(result);
- /* Sort canonically. */
+ /* Sort each consecutive combining-character run canonically. */
i = 0;
- prev = _getrecord_ex(PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i))->combining;
- for (i++; i < PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(result); i++) {
- cur = _getrecord_ex(PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i))->combining;
- if (prev == 0 || cur == 0 || prev <= cur) {
- prev = cur;
+ while (i < o) {
+ Py_ssize_t run_length, run_start;
+ int needs_sort = 0;
+
+ Py_UCS4 ch = PyUnicode_READ(result_kind, result_data, i);
+ prev = _getrecord_ex(ch)->combining;
+ if (prev == 0) {
+ i++;
continue;
}
- /* Non-canonical order. Need to switch *i with previous. */
- o = i - 1;
- while (1) {
- Py_UCS4 tmp = PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, o+1);
- PyUnicode_WRITE(kind, data, o+1,
- PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, o));
- PyUnicode_WRITE(kind, data, o, tmp);
- o--;
- if (o < 0)
- break;
- prev = _getrecord_ex(PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, o))->combining;
- if (prev == 0 || prev <= cur)
+
+ run_start = i++;
+ while (i < o) {
+ Py_UCS4 ch = PyUnicode_READ(result_kind, result_data, i);
+ cur = _getrecord_ex(ch)->combining;
+ if (cur == 0) {
break;
+ }
+ if (prev > cur) {
+ needs_sort = 1;
+ }
+ prev = cur;
+ i++;
+ }
+ if (!needs_sort) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ run_length = i - run_start;
+ if (run_length < CANONICAL_ORDERING_COUNTING_SORT_THRESHOLD) {
+ canonical_ordering_sort_insertion(result_kind, result_data,
+ run_start, i);
+ continue;
}
- prev = _getrecord_ex(PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i))->combining;
+
+ if (run_length > sortbuflen) {
+ Py_UCS4 *new_sortbuf = PyMem_Resize(sortbuf,
+ Py_UCS4,
+ run_length);
+ if (new_sortbuf == NULL) {
+ PyErr_NoMemory();
+ PyMem_Free(sortbuf);
+ Py_DECREF(result);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ sortbuf = new_sortbuf;
+ sortbuflen = run_length;
+ }
+
+ canonical_ordering_sort_counting(result_kind, result_data,
+ run_start, i, sortbuf);
}
+ PyMem_Free(sortbuf);
return result;
}

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@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ PYTHON3_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
PYTHON3_CPE_ID_VENDOR = python
PYTHON3_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = python
# 0013-Fix-O-n-2-canonical-ordering-in-unicodedata-normalize.patch
PYTHON3_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2026-3276
# This host Python is installed in $(HOST_DIR), as it is needed when
# cross-compiling third-party Python modules.