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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	matthew@wil.cx
Subject: [patch] net/sched: potential data corruption
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:21:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100713132152.GL5658@bicker> (raw)

The reset_policy() does:
        memset(d->tcfd_defdata, 0, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
        strlcpy(d->tcfd_defdata, defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA);

In the original code, the size of d->tcfd_defdata wasn't fixed and if
strlen(defdata) was less than 31, reset_policy() would cause memory
corruption.

Please Note:  The original alloc_defdata() assumes defdata is 32
characters and a NUL terminator while reset_policy() assumes defdata is
31 characters and a NUL.  This patch updates alloc_defdata() to match
reset_policy() (ie a shorter string).  I'm not very familiar with this
code so please review carefully.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

diff --git a/net/sched/act_simple.c b/net/sched/act_simple.c
index 1b4bc69..4a1d640 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_simple.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_simple.c
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ static int tcf_simp_release(struct tcf_defact *d, int bind)
 
 static int alloc_defdata(struct tcf_defact *d, char *defdata)
 {
-	d->tcfd_defdata = kstrndup(defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA, GFP_KERNEL);
+	d->tcfd_defdata = kzalloc(SIMP_MAX_DATA, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!d->tcfd_defdata))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
+	strlcpy(d->tcfd_defdata, defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
 	return 0;
 }
 

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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
	matthew@wil.cx
Subject: [patch] net/sched: potential data corruption
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:21:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100713132152.GL5658@bicker> (raw)

The reset_policy() does:
        memset(d->tcfd_defdata, 0, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
        strlcpy(d->tcfd_defdata, defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA);

In the original code, the size of d->tcfd_defdata wasn't fixed and if
strlen(defdata) was less than 31, reset_policy() would cause memory
corruption.

Please Note:  The original alloc_defdata() assumes defdata is 32
characters and a NUL terminator while reset_policy() assumes defdata is
31 characters and a NUL.  This patch updates alloc_defdata() to match
reset_policy() (ie a shorter string).  I'm not very familiar with this
code so please review carefully.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

diff --git a/net/sched/act_simple.c b/net/sched/act_simple.c
index 1b4bc69..4a1d640 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_simple.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_simple.c
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ static int tcf_simp_release(struct tcf_defact *d, int bind)
 
 static int alloc_defdata(struct tcf_defact *d, char *defdata)
 {
-	d->tcfd_defdata = kstrndup(defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA, GFP_KERNEL);
+	d->tcfd_defdata = kzalloc(SIMP_MAX_DATA, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(!d->tcfd_defdata))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
+	strlcpy(d->tcfd_defdata, defdata, SIMP_MAX_DATA);
 	return 0;
 }
 

             reply	other threads:[~2010-07-13 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-13 13:21 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2010-07-13 13:21 ` [patch] net/sched: potential data corruption Dan Carpenter
2010-07-13 15:58 ` jamal
2010-07-13 15:58   ` jamal
2010-07-15  0:56   ` David Miller
2010-07-15  0:56     ` David Miller

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