netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/4] xfrm

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Date:   Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:56:34 +0200
From:   Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/4] xfrm_user info leaks

On 26 August 2017 at 17:58, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-08-26 at 17:08 +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
>> Hi David, Steffen,
>>
>> the following series fixes a few info leaks due to missing padding byte
>> initialization in the xfrm_user netlink interface.
>
> Were these found by inspection or by some tool?
> If by tool, perhaps there are other _to_user cases?

I found the one in the offload API by manual inspection, looked around
a little and found the others. No tool involved.

I already looked at the xfrm_user API back in 2012 and fixed quite a
few info leaks but missed the ones in the netlink multicast
notification code :/


Regards,
Mathias