[PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix skb_header_pointer API usages in DCCP

[PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix skb_header_pointer API usages in DCCP

[Daniel Borkmann]

Some occurences in the netfilter tree use skb_header_pointer() in
the following way ...

  struct dccp_hdr _dh, *dh;
  ...
  skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &dh);

... where dh itself is a pointer that is being passed as the copy
buffer. Instead, we need to use &_dh as the forth argument so that
we're copying the data into an actual buffer that sits on the stack.

Currently, we probably could overwrite memory on the stack (e.g.
with a possibly mal-formed DCCP packet), but unintentionally, as
we only want the buffer to be placed into _dh variable.

Fixes: 2bc780499aa3 ("[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: add DCCP protocol support")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
index a99b6c3..59359be 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static bool dccp_new(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	const char *msg;
 	u_int8_t state;
 
-	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &dh);
+	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &_dh);
 	BUG_ON(dh == NULL);
 
 	state = dccp_state_table[CT_DCCP_ROLE_CLIENT][dh->dccph_type][CT_DCCP_NONE];
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ static int dccp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u_int8_t type, old_state, new_state;
 	enum ct_dccp_roles role;
 
-	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &dh);
+	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &_dh);
 	BUG_ON(dh == NULL);
 	type = dh->dccph_type;
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static int dccp_error(struct net *net, struct nf_conn *tmpl,
 	unsigned int cscov;
 	const char *msg;
 
-	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &dh);
+	dh = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &_dh);
 	if (dh == NULL) {
 		msg = "nf_ct_dccp: short packet ";
 		goto out_invalid;
-- 
1.7.11.7

Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix skb_header_pointer API usages in DCCP

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 12:57:54AM +0100, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Some occurences in the netfilter tree use skb_header_pointer() in
> the following way ...
> 
>   struct dccp_hdr _dh, *dh;
>   ...
>   skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff, sizeof(_dh), &dh);

I see, we're not crashing because *dh is 4 bytes at worst case, which
matches with the size of the dccp_hdr header.

Applied, thanks.