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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 00:33:21 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] pptp: validate sockaddr_len before binding

On 14.12.2015 23:58, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa
> <hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
>> index fc69e41d09506e..f9ffdf070ad807 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c
>> @@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ static int pptp_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uservaddr,
>>         struct pptp_opt *opt = &po->proto.pptp;
>>         int error = 0;
>>
>> +       if (sockaddr_len < sizeof(*sp))
>> +               return -EINVAL;
>> +
> 
> I sent a very similar patch:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/556663/

Ah, thanks. Did not notice. The connect() part is also already in my
queue, but I don't think it solves the use-after-free. The RCU
implementation of callid_sock seems broken to me.

David, discard my patch.

Thanks,
Hannes


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