netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter: cttimeout: fix buffer overflow

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:54:36 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:	netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter: cttimeout: fix buffer overflow

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:37:38PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Chen Gang reports:
> the length of nla_data(cda[CTA_TIMEOUT_NAME]) is not limited in server side.
> 
> And indeed, its used to strcpy to a fixed-sized buffer.
> 
> Fortunately, nfnetlink users need CAP_NET_ADMIN.

Good catch, applied thanks.
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