linux-kernel - [ 087/184] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL

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Message-Id: <20130604172133.910602305@1wt.eu>
Date:	Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:22:57 +0200
From:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: [ 087/184] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>

commit 864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836 upstream.

When dump_one_state() returns an error, e.g. because of a too small
buffer to dump the whole xfrm state, xfrm_state_netlink() returns NULL
instead of an error pointer. But its callers expect an error pointer
and therefore continue to operate on a NULL skbuff.

This could lead to a privilege escalation (execution of user code in
kernel context) if the attacker has CAP_NET_ADMIN and is able to map
address 0.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index a8d83c4..dff20ac 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xfrm_state_netlink(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 {
 	struct xfrm_dump_info info;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int err;
 
 	skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -657,9 +658,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *xfrm_state_netlink(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 	info.nlmsg_seq = seq;
 	info.nlmsg_flags = 0;
 
-	if (dump_one_state(x, 0, &info)) {
+	err = dump_one_state(x, 0, &info);
+	if (err) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
 	return skb;
-- 
1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty



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