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* [PATCH] iptables: iptables-xml segfault if missing -A
@ 2014-01-24  6:06 Phil Oester
  2014-01-29 19:23 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Phil Oester @ 2014-01-24  6:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netfilter-devel

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As pointed out by Bernhard Reutner-Fischer, a malformed line fed to
iptables-xml such as the below with a missing space after the -A:

	-APOSTROUTING -d 1.1.1.1/32 -p tcp -j MASQUERADE

causes a segfault.  Patch attached.

This closes netfilter bugzilla #886.

Signed-off-by: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>



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diff --git a/iptables/iptables-xml.c b/iptables/iptables-xml.c
index 9628447..c7615ab 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-xml.c
+++ b/iptables/iptables-xml.c
@@ -845,6 +845,11 @@ iptables_xml_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			for (a = 0; a < newargc; a++)
 				DEBUGP("argv[%u]: %s\n", a, newargv[a]);
 
+			if (!chain) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s: line %u failed - no chain found\n",
+					prog_name, line);
+				exit(1);
+			}
 			needChain(chain);// Should we explicitly look for -A
 			do_rule(pcnt, bcnt, newargc, newargv, newargvattr);
 

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* Re: [PATCH] iptables: iptables-xml segfault if missing -A
  2014-01-24  6:06 [PATCH] iptables: iptables-xml segfault if missing -A Phil Oester
@ 2014-01-29 19:23 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso @ 2014-01-29 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Phil Oester; +Cc: netfilter-devel

On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:06:58PM -0800, Phil Oester wrote:
> As pointed out by Bernhard Reutner-Fischer, a malformed line fed to
> iptables-xml such as the below with a missing space after the -A:
> 
> 	-APOSTROUTING -d 1.1.1.1/32 -p tcp -j MASQUERADE
> 
> causes a segfault.  Patch attached.
> 
> This closes netfilter bugzilla #886.

Applied, thanks.

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