linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfc: Add sockaddr length checks before accessing sa

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:41:11 +0200
From:   Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mateusz Jurczyk <mjurczyk@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfc: Add sockaddr length checks before accessing
 sa_family in bind handlers

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 06:44:28PM +0200, Mateusz Jurczyk wrote:
> Verify that the caller-provided sockaddr structure is large enough to
> contain the sa_family field, before accessing it in bind() handlers of the
> AF_NFC socket. Since the syscall doesn't enforce a minimum size of the
> corresponding memory region, very short sockaddrs (zero or one byte long)
> result in operating on uninitialized memory while referencing .sa_family.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jurczyk <mjurczyk@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/nfc/llcp_sock.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Applied to nfc-next, thanks.

Cheers,
Samuel.