netdev - Re: [IPv4] fib: Fix out of bound access of fib

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Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:26:55 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IPv4] fib: Fix out of bound access of fib_props[]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 08:33:39PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:34:36 +0100
> 
> > Fixes a typo which caused fib_props[] to have the wrong size
> > and makes sure the value used to index the array which is
> > provided by userspace via netlink is checked to avoid out of
> > bound access.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

Thomas, David, it seems to me that 2.4 needs the same fix for the
typo, but I see no place where we may add the check for > RTN_MAX.
Maybe this last one is not needed. If someone could enlighten me,
or at least provide a means to test if the bug it present, it would
help me.

Thanks in advance,
Willy

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