From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] can: Fix raw_getname() leak
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:31:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A7BCA5F.9050102@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A7BC938.8010504@gmail.com>
Eric Dumazet wrote:
> raw_getname() can leak 10 bytes of kernel memory to user
>
> (two bytes hole between can_family and can_ifindex,
> 8 bytes at the end of sockaddr_can structure)
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
Thanks Eric!
> ---
> diff --git a/net/can/raw.c b/net/can/raw.c
> index f4cc445..db3152d 100644
> --- a/net/can/raw.c
> +++ b/net/can/raw.c
> @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ static int raw_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
> if (peer)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> + memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
> addr->can_family = AF_CAN;
> addr->can_ifindex = ro->ifindex;
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-07 6:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-07 6:27 [PATCH net-2.6] can: Fix raw_getname() leak Eric Dumazet
2009-08-07 6:31 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
2009-08-10 4:52 ` David Miller
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