Re: [PATCH] 8 bytes kernel memory disclosure in AppleTalk getsockname.

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

Clement LECIGNE a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> In function atalk_getname(), sockaddr_at is returned in userland without
> zero'ing the "char sat_zero[8]" field. This bug allows user to display 8
> bytes leaked from the kernel stack.
> 
> Here is a patch that zero the whole sockaddr_at structure before
> processing it. It should fix this bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Clément Lecigne <clement.lecigne@netasq.com>
> --- linux/net/appletalk/ddp.c	2009-08-26 11:35:59.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux/net/appletalk/ddp.c	2009-08-26 11:36:30.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1241,6 +1241,8 @@ static int atalk_getname(struct socket *
>  		if (atalk_autobind(sk) < 0)
>  			return -ENOBUFS;
>  
> +	memset(&sat, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_at));
> +
>  	*uaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_at);
>  
>  	if (peer) {
> 
Hi Clement

Well, I submitted same patch some weeks ago and I just checked that
it was already in Linus tree.

author	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:27:43 +0000 (02:27 +0000)
committer	David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
	Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:08:45 +0000 (13:08 -0700)
commit	3d392475c873c10c10d6d96b94d092a34ebd4791

appletalk: fix atalk_getname() leak

atalk_getname() can leak 8 bytes of kernel memory to user

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>


Dont worry, it'll be included in upcoming 2.6.31 kernel,
and backported to previous ones as well.