netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] netfilter: x_tables: avoid out-of-bounds reads in xt_request_find

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 07:09:38 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] netfilter: x_tables: avoid out-of-bounds reads in
 xt_request_find_{match|target}

Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> It looks like syzbot found its way into netfilter territory.
> 
> Issue here is that @name comes from user space and might
> not be null terminated.
> 
> Out-of-bound reads happen, KASAN is not happy.
> 
> v2 added similar fix for xt_request_find_target(),
> as Florian advised.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>

Thanks a lot Eric!

Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>