From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, dhowells@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] [NETLINK]: Fix use after free in netlink_recvmsg
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:53:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070503095315.26912.24270.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
When the user passes in MSG_TRUNC the skb is used after getting freed.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 6 ++----
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 42d2fb9..7419f70 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1245,16 +1245,14 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
siocb->scm = &scm;
}
siocb->scm->creds = *NETLINK_CREDS(skb);
+ if (flags & MSG_TRUNC)
+ copied = skb->len;
skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
if (nlk->cb && atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf / 2)
netlink_dump(sk);
scm_recv(sock, msg, siocb->scm, flags);
-
- if (flags & MSG_TRUNC)
- copied = skb->len;
-
out:
netlink_rcv_wake(sk);
return err ? : copied;
next reply other threads:[~2007-05-03 9:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-03 9:53 David Howells [this message]
2007-05-03 9:53 ` [PATCH 2/5] [AFS]: Fix memory leak in SRXAFSCB_GetCapabilities David Howells
2007-05-03 10:27 ` David Miller
2007-05-03 9:53 ` [PATCH 3/5] [NET]: Add __dev_getfirstbyhwtype David Howells
2007-05-03 10:28 ` David Miller
2007-05-03 9:53 ` [PATCH 4/5] [AFS]: Replace rtnetlink client by direct dev_base walking David Howells
2007-05-03 10:28 ` David Miller
2007-05-03 9:53 ` [PATCH 5/5] AFS: Adjust the new netdevice scanning code David Howells
2007-05-03 10:29 ` David Miller
2007-05-03 10:27 ` [PATCH 1/5] [NETLINK]: Fix use after free in netlink_recvmsg David Miller
2007-05-03 12:27 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-05-03 12:46 ` Patrick McHardy
2007-05-03 20:11 ` David Miller
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