IPv4 options are not very well aligned within the packet and the format of a CIPSO option is even worse. The result is that the CIPSO engine in the kernel does a few unaligned accesses when parsing and validating incoming packets with CIPSO options attached which generate error messages on certain alignment sensitive platforms. This patch fixes this by marking these unaligned accesses with the get_unaliagned() macro. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore --- net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: net-2.6_cleanup/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6_cleanup.orig/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c +++ net-2.6_cleanup/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include struct cipso_v4_domhsh_entry { char *domain; @@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ static int cipso_v4_map_cat_enum_valid(c return -EFAULT; for (iter = 0; iter < enumcat_len; iter += 2) { - cat = ntohs(*((__be16 *)&enumcat[iter])); + cat = ntohs(get_unaligned((__be16 *)&enumcat[iter])); if (cat <= cat_prev) return -EFAULT; cat_prev = cat; @@ -1068,8 +1069,8 @@ static int cipso_v4_map_cat_enum_ntoh(co for (iter = 0; iter < net_cat_len; iter += 2) { ret_val = netlbl_secattr_catmap_setbit(secattr->mls_cat, - ntohs(*((__be16 *)&net_cat[iter])), - GFP_ATOMIC); + ntohs(get_unaligned((__be16 *)&net_cat[iter])), + GFP_ATOMIC); if (ret_val != 0) return ret_val; } @@ -1102,9 +1103,10 @@ static int cipso_v4_map_cat_rng_valid(co return -EFAULT; for (iter = 0; iter < rngcat_len; iter += 4) { - cat_high = ntohs(*((__be16 *)&rngcat[iter])); + cat_high = ntohs(get_unaligned((__be16 *)&rngcat[iter])); if ((iter + 4) <= rngcat_len) - cat_low = ntohs(*((__be16 *)&rngcat[iter + 2])); + cat_low = ntohs( + get_unaligned((__be16 *)&rngcat[iter + 2])); else cat_low = 0; @@ -1201,9 +1203,10 @@ static int cipso_v4_map_cat_rng_ntoh(con u16 cat_high; for (net_iter = 0; net_iter < net_cat_len; net_iter += 4) { - cat_high = ntohs(*((__be16 *)&net_cat[net_iter])); + cat_high = ntohs(get_unaligned((__be16 *)&net_cat[net_iter])); if ((net_iter + 4) <= net_cat_len) - cat_low = ntohs(*((__be16 *)&net_cat[net_iter + 2])); + cat_low = ntohs( + get_unaligned((__be16 *)&net_cat[net_iter + 2])); else cat_low = 0; @@ -1565,7 +1568,7 @@ int cipso_v4_validate(unsigned char **op } rcu_read_lock(); - doi_def = cipso_v4_doi_search(ntohl(*((__be32 *)&opt[2]))); + doi_def = cipso_v4_doi_search(ntohl(get_unaligned((__be32 *)&opt[2]))); if (doi_def == NULL) { err_offset = 2; goto validate_return_locked; @@ -1856,7 +1859,7 @@ int cipso_v4_sock_getattr(struct sock *s if (ret_val == 0) return ret_val; - doi = ntohl(*(__be32 *)&cipso_ptr[2]); + doi = ntohl(get_unaligned((__be32 *)&cipso_ptr[2])); rcu_read_lock(); doi_def = cipso_v4_doi_search(doi); if (doi_def == NULL) { @@ -1911,7 +1914,7 @@ int cipso_v4_skbuff_getattr(const struct if (cipso_v4_cache_check(cipso_ptr, cipso_ptr[1], secattr) == 0) return 0; - doi = ntohl(*(__be32 *)&cipso_ptr[2]); + doi = ntohl(get_unaligned((__be32 *)&cipso_ptr[2])); rcu_read_lock(); doi_def = cipso_v4_doi_search(doi); if (doi_def == NULL) -- paul moore linux security @ hp - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html