linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 029/185] audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload length

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Message-ID: <lsq.1388282923.520110159@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:08:43 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Richard Guy Briggs" <rgb@...hat.com>,
	"Eric Paris" <eparis@...hat.com>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Mathias Krause" <minipli@...glemail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 029/185] audit: use nlmsg_len() to get message payload
 length

3.2.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

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

commit 4d8fe7376a12bf4524783dd95cbc00f1fece6232 upstream.

Using the nlmsg_len member of the netlink header to test if the message
is valid is wrong as it includes the size of the netlink header itself.
Thereby allowing to send short netlink messages that pass those checks.

Use nlmsg_len() instead to test for the right message length. The result
of nlmsg_len() is guaranteed to be non-negative as the netlink message
already passed the checks of nlmsg_ok().

Also switch to min_t() to please checkpatch.pl.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: there aren't any optional fields for AUDIT_TTY_SET
 so adjust the size test similarly as for AUDIT_SET]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/audit.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
 				 &status_set, sizeof(status_set));
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_SET:
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_status))
+		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct audit_status))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		status_get   = (struct audit_status *)data;
 		if (status_get->mask & AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED) {
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_b
 		struct task_struct *tsk;
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_tty_status))
+		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct audit_tty_status))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		s = data;
 		if (s->enabled != 0 && s->enabled != 1)

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