linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 12/87] connector: use nlmsg

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Date:	Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:44:29 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Mathias Krause" <minipli@...glemail.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 12/87] connector: use nlmsg_len() to check message length

3.2.53-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>

[ Upstream commit 162b2bedc084d2d908a04c93383ba02348b648b0 ]

The current code tests the length of the whole netlink message to be
at least as long to fit a cn_msg. This is wrong as nlmsg_len includes
the length of the netlink message header. Use nlmsg_len() instead to
fix this "off-by-NLMSG_HDRLEN" size check.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org  # v2.6.14+
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/connector/connector.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
index dde6a0f..ea6efe8 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
@@ -157,17 +157,18 @@ static int cn_call_callback(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static void cn_rx_skb(struct sk_buff *__skb)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
-	int err;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int len, err;
 
 	skb = skb_get(__skb);
 
 	if (skb->len >= NLMSG_SPACE(0)) {
 		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
+		len = nlmsg_len(nlh);
 
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct cn_msg) ||
+		if (len < (int)sizeof(struct cn_msg) ||
 		    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len ||
-		    nlh->nlmsg_len > CONNECTOR_MAX_MSG_SIZE) {
+		    len > CONNECTOR_MAX_MSG_SIZE) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			return;
 		}

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