linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.3 103/163] nl80211: fix validation of mesh path nexthop

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon,  4 Nov 2019 22:44:53 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Markus Theil <markus.theil@...ilmenau.de>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.3 103/163] nl80211: fix validation of mesh path nexthop

From: Markus Theil <markus.theil@...ilmenau.de>

commit 1fab1b89e2e8f01204a9c05a39fd0b6411a48593 upstream.

Mesh path nexthop should be a ethernet address, but current validation
checks against 4 byte integers.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 2ec600d672e74 ("nl80211/cfg80211: support for mesh, sta dumping")
Signed-off-by: Markus Theil <markus.theil@...ilmenau.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191029093003.10355-1-markus.theil@tu-ilmenau.de
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[N
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] = { /* NLA_NESTED can't be empty */ },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MESH_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
 				   .len = IEEE80211_MAX_MESH_ID_LEN },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_NEXT_HOP] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_MPATH_NEXT_HOP] = NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR_COMPAT,
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = 2 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_REG_RULES] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },