[patch] patch for sys-libs/glibc-2.22-r1

CVE-2015-7547.patch (text/plain), 23.30 KB, created by Matt Whitlock on 2016-02-16 19:21:36 UTC

CVE-2015-7547

2016-02-15  Carlos O'Donell  <[e-mail]>

	[BZ #18665]
	* resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c (gaih_getanswer_slice): Always set
	*herrno_p.
	(gaih_getanswer): Document functional behviour. Return tryagain
	if any result is tryagain.
	* resolv/res_query.c (__libc_res_nsearch): Set buffer size to zero
	when freed.
	* resolv/res_send.c: Add copyright text.
	(__libc_res_nsend): Document that MAXPACKET is expected.
	(send_vc): Document. Remove buffer reuse.
	(send_dg): Document. Remove buffer reuse. Set *thisanssizp to set the
	size of the buffer. Add Dprint for truncated UDP buffer.

diff --git a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
index a255d5e..47cfe27 100644
--- a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
+++ b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,10 @@ gaih_getanswer_slice (const querybuf *answer, int anslen, const char *qname,
   int h_namelen = 0;
 
   if (ancount == 0)
-    return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
+    {
+      *h_errnop = HOST_NOT_FOUND;
+      return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
+    }
 
   while (ancount-- > 0 && cp < end_of_message && had_error == 0)
     {
@@ -1208,7 +1211,14 @@ gaih_getanswer_slice (const querybuf *answer, int anslen, const char *qname,
   /* Special case here: if the resolver sent a result but it only
      contains a CNAME while we are looking for a T_A or T_AAAA record,
      we fail with NOTFOUND instead of TRYAGAIN.  */
-  return canon == NULL ? NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN : NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
+  if (canon != NULL)
+    {
+      *h_errnop = HOST_NOT_FOUND;
+      return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
+    }
+
+  *h_errnop = NETDB_INTERNAL;
+  return NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN;
 }
 
 
@@ -1222,11 +1232,101 @@ gaih_getanswer (const querybuf *answer1, int anslen1, const querybuf *answer2,
 
   enum nss_status status = NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND;
 
+  /* Combining the NSS status of two distinct queries requires some
+     compromise and attention to symmetry (A or AAAA queries can be
+     returned in any order).  What follows is a breakdown of how this
+     code is expected to work and why. We discuss only SUCCESS,
+     TRYAGAIN, NOTFOUND and UNAVAIL, since they are the only returns
+     that apply (though RETURN and MERGE exist).  We make a distinction
+     between TRYAGAIN (recoverable) and TRYAGAIN' (not-recoverable).
+     A recoverable TRYAGAIN is almost always due to buffer size issues
+     and returns ERANGE in errno and the caller is expected to retry
+     with a larger buffer.
+
+     Lastly, you may be tempted to make significant changes to the
+     conditions in this code to bring about symmetry between responses.
+     Please don't change anything without due consideration for
+     expected application behaviour.  Some of the synthesized responses
+     aren't very well thought out and sometimes appear to imply that
+     IPv4 responses are always answer 1, and IPv6 responses are always
+     answer 2, but that's not true (see the implemetnation of send_dg
+     and send_vc to see response can arrive in any order, particlarly
+     for UDP). However, we expect it holds roughly enough of the time
+     that this code works, but certainly needs to be fixed to make this
+     a more robust implementation.
+
+     ----------------------------------------------
+     | Answer 1 Status /   | Synthesized | Reason |
+     | Answer 2 Status     | Status      |        |
+     |--------------------------------------------|
+     | SUCCESS/SUCCESS     | SUCCESS     | [1]    |
+     | SUCCESS/TRYAGAIN    | TRYAGAIN    | [5]    |
+     | SUCCESS/TRYAGAIN'   | SUCCESS     | [1]    |
+     | SUCCESS/NOTFOUND    | SUCCESS     | [1]    |
+     | SUCCESS/UNAVAIL     | SUCCESS     | [1]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN/SUCCESS    | TRYAGAIN    | [2]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN/TRYAGAIN   | TRYAGAIN    | [2]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN/TRYAGAIN'  | TRYAGAIN    | [2]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN/NOTFOUND   | TRYAGAIN    | [2]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN/UNAVAIL    | TRYAGAIN    | [2]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN'/SUCCESS   | SUCCESS     | [3]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN'/TRYAGAIN  | TRYAGAIN    | [3]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN'/TRYAGAIN' | TRYAGAIN'   | [3]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN'/NOTFOUND  | TRYAGAIN'   | [3]    |
+     | TRYAGAIN'/UNAVAIL   | UNAVAIL     | [3]    |
+     | NOTFOUND/SUCCESS    | SUCCESS     | [3]    |
+     | NOTFOUND/TRYAGAIN   | TRYAGAIN    | [3]    |
+     | NOTFOUND/TRYAGAIN'  | TRYAGAIN'   | [3]    |
+     | NOTFOUND/NOTFOUND   | NOTFOUND    | [3]    |
+     | NOTFOUND/UNAVAIL    | UNAVAIL     | [3]    |
+     | UNAVAIL/SUCCESS     | UNAVAIL     | [4]    |
+     | UNAVAIL/TRYAGAIN    | UNAVAIL     | [4]    |
+     | UNAVAIL/TRYAGAIN'   | UNAVAIL     | [4]    |
+     | UNAVAIL/NOTFOUND    | UNAVAIL     | [4]    |
+     | UNAVAIL/UNAVAIL     | UNAVAIL     | [4]    |
+     ----------------------------------------------
+
+     [1] If the first response is a success we return success.
+         This ignores the state of the second answer and in fact
+         incorrectly sets errno and h_errno to that of the second
+	 answer.  However because the response is a success we ignore
+	 *errnop and *h_errnop (though that means you touched errno on
+         success).  We are being conservative here and returning the
+         likely IPv4 response in the first answer as a success.
+
+     [2] If the first response is a recoverable TRYAGAIN we return
+	 that instead of looking at the second response.  The
+	 expectation here is that we have failed to get an IPv4 response
+	 and should retry both queries.
+
+     [3] If the first response was not a SUCCESS and the second
+	 response is not NOTFOUND (had a SUCCESS, need to TRYAGAIN,
+	 or failed entirely e.g. TRYAGAIN' and UNAVAIL) then use the
+	 result from the second response, otherwise the first responses
+	 status is used.  Again we have some odd side-effects when the
+	 second response is NOTFOUND because we overwrite *errnop and
+	 *h_errnop that means that a first answer of NOTFOUND might see
+	 its *errnop and *h_errnop values altered.  Whether it matters
+	 in practice that a first response NOTFOUND has the wrong
+	 *errnop and *h_errnop is undecided.
+
+     [4] If the first response is UNAVAIL we return that instead of
+	 looking at the second response.  The expectation here is that
+	 it will have failed similarly e.g. configuration failure.
+
+     [5] Testing this code is complicated by the fact that truncated
+	 second response buffers might be returned as SUCCESS if the
+	 first answer is a SUCCESS.  To fix this we add symmetry to
+	 TRYAGAIN with the second response.  If the second response
+	 is a recoverable error we now return TRYAGIN even if the first
+	 response was SUCCESS.  */
+
   if (anslen1 > 0)
     status = gaih_getanswer_slice(answer1, anslen1, qname,
 				  &pat, &buffer, &buflen,
 				  errnop, h_errnop, ttlp,
 				  &first);
+
   if ((status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS || status == NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND
        || (status == NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN
 	   /* We want to look at the second answer in case of an
@@ -1242,8 +1342,15 @@ gaih_getanswer (const querybuf *answer1, int anslen1, const querybuf *answer2,
 						     &pat, &buffer, &buflen,
 						     errnop, h_errnop, ttlp,
 						     &first);
+      /* Use the second response status in some cases.  */
       if (status != NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS && status2 != NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND)
 	status = status2;
+      /* Do not return a truncated second response (unless it was
+         unavoidable e.g. unrecoverable TRYAGAIN).  */
+      if (status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS
+	  && (status2 == NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN
+	      && *errnop == ERANGE && *h_errnop != NO_RECOVERY))
+	status = NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN;
     }
 
   return status;
diff --git a/resolv/res_query.c b/resolv/res_query.c
index 4a9b3b3..95470a9 100644
--- a/resolv/res_query.c
+++ b/resolv/res_query.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ __libc_res_nsearch(res_state statp,
 		  {
 		    free (*answerp2);
 		    *answerp2 = NULL;
+		    *nanswerp2 = 0;
 		    *answerp2_malloced = 0;
 		  }
 	}
@@ -447,6 +448,7 @@ __libc_res_nsearch(res_state statp,
 			  {
 			    free (*answerp2);
 			    *answerp2 = NULL;
+			    *nanswerp2 = 0;
 			    *answerp2_malloced = 0;
 			  }
 
@@ -521,6 +523,7 @@ __libc_res_nsearch(res_state statp,
 	  {
 	    free (*answerp2);
 	    *answerp2 = NULL;
+	    *nanswerp2 = 0;
 	    *answerp2_malloced = 0;
 	  }
 	if (saved_herrno != -1)
diff --git a/resolv/res_send.c b/resolv/res_send.c
index a968b95..21843f1 100644
--- a/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1989, 1993
  *    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -355,6 +372,8 @@ __libc_res_nsend(res_state statp, const u_char *buf, int buflen,
 #ifdef USE_HOOKS
 	if (__glibc_unlikely (statp->qhook || statp->rhook))       {
 		if (anssiz < MAXPACKET && ansp) {
+			/* Always allocate MAXPACKET, callers expect
+			   this specific size.  */
 			u_char *buf = malloc (MAXPACKET);
 			if (buf == NULL)
 				return (-1);
@@ -630,6 +649,77 @@ get_nsaddr (res_state statp, int n)
     return (struct sockaddr *) (void *) &statp->nsaddr_list[n];
 }
 
+/* The send_vc function is responsible for sending a DNS query over TCP
+   to the nameserver numbered NS from the res_state STATP i.e.
+   EXT(statp).nssocks[ns].  The function supports sending both IPv4 and
+   IPv6 queries at the same serially on the same socket.
+
+   Please note that for TCP there is no way to disable sending both
+   queries, unlike UDP, which honours RES_SNGLKUP and RES_SNGLKUPREOP
+   and sends the queries serially and waits for the result after each
+   sent query.  This implemetnation should be corrected to honour these
+   options.
+
+   Please also note that for TCP we send both queries over the same
+   socket one after another.  This technically violates best practice
+   since the server is allowed to read the first query, respond, and
+   then close the socket (to service another client).  If the server
+   does this, then the remaining second query in the socket data buffer
+   will cause the server to send the client an RST which will arrive
+   asynchronously and the client's OS will likely tear down the socket
+   receive buffer resulting in a potentially short read and lost
+   response data.  This will force the client to retry the query again,
+   and this process may repeat until all servers and connection resets
+   are exhausted and then the query will fail.  It's not known if this
+   happens with any frequency in real DNS server implementations.  This
+   implementation should be corrected to use two sockets by default for
+   parallel queries.
+
+   The query stored in BUF of BUFLEN length is sent first followed by
+   the query stored in BUF2 of BUFLEN2 length.  Queries are sent
+   serially on the same socket.
+
+   Answers to the query are stored firstly in *ANSP up to a max of
+   *ANSSIZP bytes.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes are needed and ANSCP
+   is non-NULL (to indicate that modifying the answer buffer is allowed)
+   then malloc is used to allocate a new response buffer and ANSCP and
+   ANSP will both point to the new buffer.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes
+   are needed but ANSCP is NULL, then as much of the response as
+   possible is read into the buffer, but the results will be truncated.
+   When truncation happens because of a small answer buffer the DNS
+   packets header feild TC will bet set to 1, indicating a truncated
+   message and the rest of the socket data will be read and discarded.
+
+   Answers to the query are stored secondly in *ANSP2 up to a max of
+   *ANSSIZP2 bytes, with the actual response length stored in
+   *RESPLEN2.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes are needed and ANSP2
+   is non-NULL (required for a second query) then malloc is used to
+   allocate a new response buffer, *ANSSIZP2 is set to the new buffer
+   size and *ANSP2_MALLOCED is set to 1.
+
+   The ANSP2_MALLOCED argument will eventually be removed as the
+   change in buffer pointer can be used to detect the buffer has
+   changed and that the caller should use free on the new buffer.
+
+   Note that the answers may arrive in any order from the server and
+   therefore the first and second answer buffers may not correspond to
+   the first and second queries.
+
+   It is not supported to call this function with a non-NULL ANSP2
+   but a NULL ANSCP.  Put another way, you can call send_vc with a
+   single unmodifiable buffer or two modifiable buffers, but no other
+   combination is supported.
+
+   It is the caller's responsibility to free the malloc allocated
+   buffers by detecting that the pointers have changed from their
+   original values i.e. *ANSCP or *ANSP2 has changed.
+
+   If errors are encountered then *TERRNO is set to an appropriate
+   errno value and a zero result is returned for a recoverable error,
+   and a less-than zero result is returned for a non-recoverable error.
+
+   If no errors are encountered then *TERRNO is left unmodified and
+   a the length of the first response in bytes is returned.  */
 static int
 send_vc(res_state statp,
 	const u_char *buf, int buflen, const u_char *buf2, int buflen2,
@@ -639,11 +729,7 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 {
 	const HEADER *hp = (HEADER *) buf;
 	const HEADER *hp2 = (HEADER *) buf2;
-	u_char *ans = *ansp;
-	int orig_anssizp = *anssizp;
-	// XXX REMOVE
-	// int anssiz = *anssizp;
-	HEADER *anhp = (HEADER *) ans;
+	HEADER *anhp = (HEADER *) *ansp;
 	struct sockaddr *nsap = get_nsaddr (statp, ns);
 	int truncating, connreset, n;
 	/* On some architectures compiler might emit a warning indicating
@@ -731,6 +817,8 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 	 * Receive length & response
 	 */
 	int recvresp1 = 0;
+	/* Skip the second response if there is no second query.
+           To do that we mark the second response as received.  */
 	int recvresp2 = buf2 == NULL;
 	uint16_t rlen16;
  read_len:
@@ -767,40 +855,14 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 	u_char **thisansp;
 	int *thisresplenp;
 	if ((recvresp1 | recvresp2) == 0 || buf2 == NULL) {
+		/* We have not received any responses
+		   yet or we only have one response to
+		   receive.  */
 		thisanssizp = anssizp;
 		thisansp = anscp ?: ansp;
 		assert (anscp != NULL || ansp2 == NULL);
 		thisresplenp = &resplen;
 	} else {
-		if (*anssizp != MAXPACKET) {
-			/* No buffer allocated for the first
-			   reply.  We can try to use the rest
-			   of the user-provided buffer.  */
-#if __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 7)
-			DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
-			DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (5, "-Wmaybe-uninitialized");
-#endif
-#if _STRING_ARCH_unaligned
-			*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp - resplen;
-			*ansp2 = *ansp + resplen;
-#else
-			int aligned_resplen
-			  = ((resplen + __alignof__ (HEADER) - 1)
-			     & ~(__alignof__ (HEADER) - 1));
-			*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp - aligned_resplen;
-			*ansp2 = *ansp + aligned_resplen;
-#endif
-#if __GNUC_PREREQ (4, 7)
-			DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
-#endif
-		} else {
-			/* The first reply did not fit into the
-			   user-provided buffer.  Maybe the second
-			   answer will.  */
-			*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp;
-			*ansp2 = *ansp;
-		}
-
 		thisanssizp = anssizp2;
 		thisansp = ansp2;
 		thisresplenp = resplen2;
@@ -804,10 +870,14 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 	anhp = (HEADER *) *thisansp;
 
 	*thisresplenp = rlen;
-	if (rlen > *thisanssizp) {
-		/* Yes, we test ANSCP here.  If we have two buffers
-		   both will be allocatable.  */
-		if (__glibc_likely (anscp != NULL))       {
+	/* Is the answer buffer too small?  */
+	if (*thisanssizp < rlen) {
+		/* If the current buffer is not the the static
+		   user-supplied buffer then we can reallocate
+		   it.  */
+		if (thisansp != NULL && thisansp != ansp) {
+			/* Always allocate MAXPACKET, callers expect
+			   this specific size.  */
 			u_char *newp = malloc (MAXPACKET);
 			if (newp == NULL) {
 				*terrno = ENOMEM;
@@ -819,6 +889,9 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 			if (thisansp == ansp2)
 			  *ansp2_malloced = 1;
 			anhp = (HEADER *) newp;
+			/* A uint16_t can't be larger than MAXPACKET
+			   thus it's safe to allocate MAXPACKET but
+			   read RLEN bytes instead.  */
 			len = rlen;
 		} else {
 			Dprint(statp->options & RES_DEBUG,
@@ -948,6 +1021,66 @@ reopen (res_state statp, int *terrno, int ns)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* The send_dg function is responsible for sending a DNS query over UDP
+   to the nameserver numbered NS from the res_state STATP i.e.
+   EXT(statp).nssocks[ns].  The function supports IPv4 and IPv6 queries
+   along with the ability to send the query in parallel for both stacks
+   (default) or serially (RES_SINGLKUP).  It also supports serial lookup
+   with a close and reopen of the socket used to talk to the server
+   (RES_SNGLKUPREOP) to work around broken name servers.
+
+   The query stored in BUF of BUFLEN length is sent first followed by
+   the query stored in BUF2 of BUFLEN2 length.  Queries are sent
+   in parallel (default) or serially (RES_SINGLKUP or RES_SNGLKUPREOP).
+
+   Answers to the query are stored firstly in *ANSP up to a max of
+   *ANSSIZP bytes.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes are needed and ANSCP
+   is non-NULL (to indicate that modifying the answer buffer is allowed)
+   then malloc is used to allocate a new response buffer and ANSCP and
+   ANSP will both point to the new buffer.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes
+   are needed but ANSCP is NULL, then as much of the response as
+   possible is read into the buffer, but the results will be truncated.
+   When truncation happens because of a small answer buffer the DNS
+   packets header feild TC will bet set to 1, indicating a truncated
+   message, while the rest of the UDP packet is discarded.
+
+   Answers to the query are stored secondly in *ANSP2 up to a max of
+   *ANSSIZP2 bytes, with the actual response length stored in
+   *RESPLEN2.  If more than *ANSSIZP bytes are needed and ANSP2
+   is non-NULL (required for a second query) then malloc is used to
+   allocate a new response buffer, *ANSSIZP2 is set to the new buffer
+   size and *ANSP2_MALLOCED is set to 1.
+
+   The ANSP2_MALLOCED argument will eventually be removed as the
+   change in buffer pointer can be used to detect the buffer has
+   changed and that the caller should use free on the new buffer.
+
+   Note that the answers may arrive in any order from the server and
+   therefore the first and second answer buffers may not correspond to
+   the first and second queries.
+
+   It is not supported to call this function with a non-NULL ANSP2
+   but a NULL ANSCP.  Put another way, you can call send_vc with a
+   single unmodifiable buffer or two modifiable buffers, but no other
+   combination is supported.
+
+   It is the caller's responsibility to free the malloc allocated
+   buffers by detecting that the pointers have changed from their
+   original values i.e. *ANSCP or *ANSP2 has changed.
+
+   If an answer is truncated because of UDP datagram DNS limits then
+   *V_CIRCUIT is set to 1 and the return value non-zero to indicate to
+   the caller to retry with TCP.  The value *GOTSOMEWHERE is set to 1
+   if any progress was made reading a response from the nameserver and
+   is used by the caller to distinguish between ECONNREFUSED and
+   ETIMEDOUT (the latter if *GOTSOMEWHERE is 1).
+
+   If errors are encountered then *TERRNO is set to an appropriate
+   errno value and a zero result is returned for a recoverable error,
+   and a less-than zero result is returned for a non-recoverable error.
+
+   If no errors are encountered then *TERRNO is left unmodified and
+   a the length of the first response in bytes is returned.  */
 static int
 send_dg(res_state statp,
 	const u_char *buf, int buflen, const u_char *buf2, int buflen2,
@@ -957,8 +1090,6 @@ send_dg(res_state statp,
 {
 	const HEADER *hp = (HEADER *) buf;
 	const HEADER *hp2 = (HEADER *) buf2;
-	u_char *ans = *ansp;
-	int orig_anssizp = *anssizp;
 	struct timespec now, timeout, finish;
 	struct pollfd pfd[1];
 	int ptimeout;
@@ -991,6 +1122,8 @@ send_dg(res_state statp,
 	int need_recompute = 0;
 	int nwritten = 0;
 	int recvresp1 = 0;
+	/* Skip the second response if there is no second query.
+           To do that we mark the second response as received.  */
 	int recvresp2 = buf2 == NULL;
 	pfd[0].fd = EXT(statp).nssocks[ns];
 	pfd[0].events = POLLOUT;
@@ -1154,55 +1287,56 @@ send_dg(res_state statp,
 		int *thisresplenp;
 
 		if ((recvresp1 | recvresp2) == 0 || buf2 == NULL) {
+			/* We have not received any responses
+			   yet or we only have one response to
+			   receive.  */
 			thisanssizp = anssizp;
 			thisansp = anscp ?: ansp;
 			assert (anscp != NULL || ansp2 == NULL);
 			thisresplenp = &resplen;
 		} else {
-			if (*anssizp != MAXPACKET) {
-				/* No buffer allocated for the first
-				   reply.  We can try to use the rest
-				   of the user-provided buffer.  */
-#if _STRING_ARCH_unaligned
-				*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp - resplen;
-				*ansp2 = *ansp + resplen;
-#else
-				int aligned_resplen
-				  = ((resplen + __alignof__ (HEADER) - 1)
-				     & ~(__alignof__ (HEADER) - 1));
-				*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp - aligned_resplen;
-				*ansp2 = *ansp + aligned_resplen;
-#endif
-			} else {
-				/* The first reply did not fit into the
-				   user-provided buffer.  Maybe the second
-				   answer will.  */
-				*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp;
-				*ansp2 = *ansp;
-			}
-
 			thisanssizp = anssizp2;
 			thisansp = ansp2;
 			thisresplenp = resplen2;
 		}
 
 		if (*thisanssizp < MAXPACKET
-		    /* Yes, we test ANSCP here.  If we have two buffers
-		       both will be allocatable.  */
-		    && anscp
+		    /* If the current buffer is not the the static
+		       user-supplied buffer then we can reallocate
+		       it.  */
+		    && (thisansp != NULL && thisansp != ansp)
 #ifdef FIONREAD
+		    /* Is the size too small?  */
 		    && (ioctl (pfd[0].fd, FIONREAD, thisresplenp) < 0
 			|| *thisanssizp < *thisresplenp)
 #endif
                     ) {
+			/* Always allocate MAXPACKET, callers expect
+			   this specific size.  */
 			u_char *newp = malloc (MAXPACKET);
 			if (newp != NULL) {
-				*anssizp = MAXPACKET;
-				*thisansp = ans = newp;
+				*thisanssizp = MAXPACKET;
+				*thisansp = newp;
 				if (thisansp == ansp2)
 				  *ansp2_malloced = 1;
 			}
 		}
+		/* We could end up with truncation if anscp was NULL
+		   (not allowed to change caller's buffer) and the
+		   response buffer size is too small.  This isn't a
+		   reliable way to detect truncation because the ioctl
+		   may be an inaccurate report of the UDP message size.
+		   Therefore we use this only to issue debug output.
+		   To do truncation accurately with UDP we need
+		   MSG_TRUNC which is only available on Linux.  We
+		   can abstract out the Linux-specific feature in the
+		   future to detect truncation.  */
+		if (__glibc_unlikely (*thisanssizp < *thisresplenp)) {
+			Dprint(statp->options & RES_DEBUG,
+			       (stdout, ";; response may be truncated (UDP)\n")
+			);
+		}
+
 		HEADER *anhp = (HEADER *) *thisansp;
 		socklen_t fromlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
 		assert (sizeof(from) <= fromlen);