linux-kernel - Re: [HELP] ATM: mpc, use-after-free

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Message-ID: <1286785081.2737.2.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:18:00 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	ML netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, chas@....nrl.navy.mil
Subject: Re: [HELP] ATM: mpc, use-after-free

Le lundi 11 octobre 2010 à 09:56 +0200, Jiri Slaby a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Stanse found this use-after-free:
> 
> static void mpc_push(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
> {
> ...
>         new_skb = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, eg->ctrl_info.DH_length);
> 
>         dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> 
> FREE    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>         if (new_skb == NULL) {
>                 mpc->eg_ops->put(eg);
>                 return;
>         }
>         skb_push(new_skb, eg->ctrl_info.DH_length);
>         skb_copy_to_linear_data(new_skb, eg->ctrl_info.DLL_header,
>                                 eg->ctrl_info.DH_length);
>  ...
>         memset(ATM_SKB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct atm_skb_data));
> 
> USE            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>         netif_rx(new_skb);
> 
> I guess it should be ATM_SKB(new_skb), right?

Yes

-	memset(ATM_SKB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct atm_skb_data));
+	memset(ATM_SKB(new_skb), 0, sizeof(struct atm_skb_data));

> 
> The two problems are:
> 1) obvious use-after-free
> 2) ?data leak, since we don't erase the right memory?
> 
> thanks,

Indeed, please submit a formal patch ?

Thanks


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