netdev - Re: Possible issue in iproute2 package

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Date:	Fri, 29 May 2015 09:33:43 +0300
From:	Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@...il.com>
To:	"Guzman Mosqueda, Jose R" <jose.r.guzman.mosqueda@...el.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"shemminger@...l.org" <shemminger@...l.org>
Subject: Re: Possible issue in iproute2 package

Hi Jose,

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 09:12:15PM +0000, Guzman Mosqueda, Jose R wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I'm Jose Guzman from a security team at Intel.
> We're using iproute2 in a GNU-Linux project and I'm analyzing the code
> to try to find possible issues/gaps/risks.
> Since I'm not too familiar with the package yet I have a question about
> a particular piece of code that could result in a memory corruption:
> 
> Version: 4.0.0
> File: misc/ss.c
> Function: static void tcp_show_info(...)
> Line: ~1903
> Description: There is a memory allocation for a "s.cong_alg" variable:
> s.cong_alg = malloc(strlen(cong_attr + 1));
> The length is calculated about next position of the starting character.
> But next line there is a copy of the whole content:
> strcpy(s.cong_alg, cong_attr);
> I think there is a mistake and it should be something like:
> s.cong_alg = malloc(strlen(cong_attr) + 1);
I think strdup can be used here.
I will send a patch.

Thank You!
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