libX11 libXmu mesa xserver git update 23 July 2013

xserver          commit d5ebe20f9ba9569351c4a41449866679fd60ba45
libX11           commit feb131b18aee31c2c125dc3275b0260940245882
libXmu           commit d5dac08d65c4865f311cb62c161dbb1300eecd11
mesa             commit 5a7bdd4b4173958c53109517b7c95f1039623e7e

4 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/libX11/specs/libX11/AppC.xml b/libX11/specs/libX11/AppC.xml
index df250275e..0b37048f1 100644
--- a/libX11/specs/libX11/AppC.xml
+++ b/libX11/specs/libX11/AppC.xml
@@ -2468,7 +2468,9 @@ which is the same as
 <function>GetReq</function>
 except that it takes an additional argument (the number of
 extra bytes to allocate in the output buffer after the request structure).  
-This number should always be a multiple of four.
+This number should always be a multiple of four. Note that it is possible
+for req to be set to NULL as a defensive measure if the requested length
+exceeds the Xlib's buffer size (normally 16K).
 </para>
 </sect2>
 <sect2 id="Variable_Length_Arguments">
diff --git a/libX11/src/Host.c b/libX11/src/Host.c
index da9923a9e..da5e2f7d3 100644
--- a/libX11/src/Host.c
+++ b/libX11/src/Host.c
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ XAddHost (
 
     LockDisplay(dpy);
     GetReqExtra (ChangeHosts, length, req);
+    if (!req) {
+	UnlockDisplay(dpy);
+	return 0;
+    }
     req->mode = HostInsert;
     req->hostFamily = host->family;
     req->hostLength = addrlen;
@@ -118,6 +122,10 @@ XRemoveHost (
 
     LockDisplay(dpy);
     GetReqExtra (ChangeHosts, length, req);
+    if (!req) {
+	UnlockDisplay(dpy);
+	return 0;
+    }
     req->mode = HostDelete;
     req->hostFamily = host->family;
     req->hostLength = addrlen;
diff --git a/libX11/src/ModMap.c b/libX11/src/ModMap.c
index 04cd676eb..836a67621 100644
--- a/libX11/src/ModMap.c
+++ b/libX11/src/ModMap.c
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ XGetModifierMapping(register Display *dpy)
 
 /*
  *	Returns:
- *	0	Success
- *	1	Busy - one or more old or new modifiers are down
- *	2	Failed - one or more new modifiers unacceptable
+ *	MappingSuccess (0)	Success
+ *	MappingBusy (1) 	Busy - one or more old or new modifiers are down
+ *	MappingFailed (2)	Failed - one or more new modifiers unacceptable
  */
 int
 XSetModifierMapping(
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ XSetModifierMapping(
 
     LockDisplay(dpy);
     GetReqExtra(SetModifierMapping, mapSize, req);
+    if (!req) {
+	UnlockDisplay(dpy);
+	return MappingFailed;
+    }
 
     req->numKeyPerModifier = modifier_map->max_keypermod;
 
diff --git a/libX11/src/XlibInt.c b/libX11/src/XlibInt.c
index 92a434004..7521f12ad 100644
--- a/libX11/src/XlibInt.c
+++ b/libX11/src/XlibInt.c
@@ -1733,6 +1733,14 @@ void *_XGetRequest(Display *dpy, CARD8 type, size_t len)
 
     if (dpy->bufptr + len > dpy->bufmax)
 	_XFlush(dpy);
+    /* Request still too large, so do not allow it to overflow. */
+    if (dpy->bufptr + len > dpy->bufmax) {
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"Xlib: request %d length %zd would exceed buffer size.\n",
+		type, len);
+	/* Changes failure condition from overflow to NULL dereference. */
+	return NULL;
+    }
 
     if (len % 4)
 	fprintf(stderr,