netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: properly initialize xt_table

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Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 11:07:58 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, peter pi <tiangangpi@...il.com>,
        Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netfilter: properly initialize xt_table_info structure

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:24:36AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > peter pi <tiangangpi@...il.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Greg, I applied this patch on 4.4 and tested it on my Pixel 2, it seems
> > > the problem still exists,
> > 
> > What is the problem exactly?
> 
> The problem is that kernel data is being sent to userspace due to an
> uncleared buffer that was allocated and then copied to userspace.  This
> can be reproduced by dumping the current set of iptables rules.  Peter
> had an example reproducing script that he used to specifically show
> this.  Peter, can you provide that?
> 
> I thought that initializing this buffer to zero would solve the problem,
> but I guess I cleared the wrong buffer :(

Never mind, this test was on 4.4 not 4.14.

But even on 4.14 i don't see how zeroing a buffer that will
be filled via copy_from_user would help.