[release-branch.go1.25] archive/tar: limit the number of old GNU sparse format entries

We did not set a limit on the maximum size of sparse maps in
the old GNU sparse format. Set a limit based on the cumulative
size of the extension blocks used to encode the map (consistent
with how we limit the sparse map size for other formats).

Add an additional limit to the total number of sparse file entries,
regardless of encoding, to all sparse formats.

Thanks to Colin Walters (walters@verbum.org),
Uuganbayar Lkhamsuren (https://github.com/uug4na),
and Jakub Ciolek for reporting this issue.

Fixes #78301
Fixes CVE-2026-32288

Change-Id: I84877345d7b41cc60c58771860ba70e16a6a6964
Reviewed-on: https://go-internal-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/3901
Reviewed-by: Damien Neil <dneil@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Roland Shoemaker <bracewell@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://go-internal-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/4003
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Husin <husin@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Neal Patel <nealpatel@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/763554
TryBot-Bypass: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Auto-Submit: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Junyang Shao <shaojunyang@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Chase <drchase@google.com>
3 files changed
tree: b0ece863c5b016c7c785914b33233d9affb2ef67
  1. .github/
  2. api/
  3. doc/
  4. lib/
  5. misc/
  6. src/
  7. test/
  8. .gitattributes
  9. .gitignore
  10. codereview.cfg
  11. CONTRIBUTING.md
  12. go.env
  13. LICENSE
  14. PATENTS
  15. README.md
  16. SECURITY.md
  17. VERSION
README.md

The Go Programming Language

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Gopher image Gopher image by Renee French, licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license.

Our canonical Git repository is located at https://go.googlesource.com/go. There is a mirror of the repository at https://github.com/golang/go.

Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file.

Download and Install

Binary Distributions

Official binary distributions are available at https://go.dev/dl/.

After downloading a binary release, visit https://go.dev/doc/install for installation instructions.

Install From Source

If a binary distribution is not available for your combination of operating system and architecture, visit https://go.dev/doc/install/source for source installation instructions.

Contributing

Go is the work of thousands of contributors. We appreciate your help!

To contribute, please read the contribution guidelines at https://go.dev/doc/contribute.

Note that the Go project uses the issue tracker for bug reports and proposals only. See https://go.dev/wiki/Questions for a list of places to ask questions about the Go language.