netdev - [PATCH 1/3] [PPP] L2TP: Disallow non-UDP datagram sockets

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:08:09 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@...akeasy.net>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Toralf Foerster <toralf.foerster@....de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [PPP] L2TP: Disallow non-UDP datagram sockets

[PPP] L2TP: Disallow non-UDP datagram sockets

With the addition of UDP-Lite we need to refine the socket check so that
only genuine UDP sockets are allowed through.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
---

 drivers/net/pppol2tp.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/pppol2tp.c b/drivers/net/pppol2tp.c
index 266e8b3..ed8ead4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pppol2tp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pppol2tp.c
@@ -1326,12 +1326,14 @@ static struct sock *pppol2tp_prepare_tunnel_socket(int fd, u16 tunnel_id,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	sk = sock->sk;
+
 	/* Quick sanity checks */
-	err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
-	if (sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM) {
+	err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+	if (sk->sk_protocol != IPPROTO_UDP) {
 		PRINTK(-1, PPPOL2TP_MSG_CONTROL, KERN_ERR,
-		       "tunl %hu: fd %d wrong type, got %d, expected %d\n",
-		       tunnel_id, fd, sock->type, SOCK_DGRAM);
+		       "tunl %hu: fd %d wrong protocol, got %d, expected %d\n",
+		       tunnel_id, fd, sk->sk_protocol, IPPROTO_UDP);
 		goto err;
 	}
 	err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
@@ -1343,7 +1345,6 @@ static struct sock *pppol2tp_prepare_tunnel_socket(int fd, u16 tunnel_id,
 	}
 
 	err = -ENOTCONN;
-	sk = sock->sk;
 
 	/* Check if this socket has already been prepped */
 	tunnel = (struct pppol2tp_tunnel *)sk->sk_user_data;
-
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