netdev - [PATCH 09/18] netfilter: x_tables: check for size overflow

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:27:53 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/18] netfilter: x_tables: check for size overflow

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Ben Hawkes says:
 integer overflow in xt_alloc_table_info, which on 32-bit systems can
 lead to small structure allocation and a copy_from_user based heap
 corruption.

Reported-by: Ben Hawkes <hawkes@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/x_tables.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index d0cd2b9..582c9cf 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	struct xt_table_info *info = NULL;
 	size_t sz = sizeof(*info) + size;
 
+	if (sz < sizeof(*info))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* Pedantry: prevent them from hitting BUG() in vmalloc.c --RR */
 	if ((SMP_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 2 > totalram_pages)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.1.4