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Message-ID: <1900142520.231739.1353248517842.JavaMail.root@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:21:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Tomas Hozza <thozza@...hat.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
kys@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools: hv: Netlink source address validation allows DoS
Hello.
Just FYI there is already a CVE name CVE-2012-5532 for this issue.
Regards,
Tomas Hozza
----- Original Message -----
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 10:53:29AM +0100, Tomas Hozza wrote:
> > The source code without this patch caused hypervkvpd to exit when
> > it processed
> > a spoofed Netlink packet which has been sent from an untrusted
> > local user.
> > Now Netlink messages with a non-zero nl_pid source address are
> > ignored
> > and a warning is printed into the syslog.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tomas Hozza <thozza@...hat.com>
> > Acked-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> > ---
> > tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c | 8 +++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
> > index 13c2a14..c1d9102 100755
>
> Why are you setting a .c file to executable permissions? Something
> is
> really wrong here...
>
> greg k-h
>
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