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@ 2005-05-24  5:50 Sven Schnelle
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From: Sven Schnelle @ 2005-05-24  5:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,

found the following code snippet in ip_conntrack_standalone.c:145
in function conntrack_iterate():
-------------------000000------8<-----------------------------
	newlen = print_conntrack(buffer + *len, hash->ctrack);
	printk("len + newlen: %d maxlen: %d\n", *len + newlen, maxlen);
	if (*len + newlen > maxlen)
		return 1;
	else *len += newlen;
-------------000000------------8<-----------------------------

print_conntrack() uses sprintf without length checking. And now i'm
wondering what happens if for example, maxlen=3072 and
len=3071. print_conntrack uses sprintf, writes beyond the end the buffer, and
after this the check (*len + newlen > maxlen) is done. Looks to me like
a bug.

Did i missed something?

Bye,

Sven.
-- 
"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good." Bill Gates on
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