netdev - [NETLINK 01/04]: Fix use after free in netlink

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Date:	Thu,  3 May 2007 02:04:14 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	howells@...hat.com
Subject: [NETLINK 01/04]: Fix use after free in netlink_recvmsg

[NETLINK]: Fix use after free in netlink_recvmsg

When the user passes in MSG_TRUNC the skb is used after getting freed.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

---
commit 831e920626706afd5ced0c72ca15c8af340bc157
tree 1320e7a446a55e826f671d32e6b9f35e302eeb0d
parent dc87c3985e9b442c60994308a96f887579addc39
author Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Wed, 02 May 2007 20:18:57 +0200
committer Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> Wed, 02 May 2007 20:18:57 +0200

 net/netlink/af_netlink.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 42d2fb9..7419f70 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1245,16 +1245,14 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 		siocb->scm = &scm;
 	}
 	siocb->scm->creds = *NETLINK_CREDS(skb);
+	if (flags & MSG_TRUNC)
+		copied = skb->len;
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 
 	if (nlk->cb && atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf / 2)
 		netlink_dump(sk);
 
 	scm_recv(sock, msg, siocb->scm, flags);
-
-	if (flags & MSG_TRUNC)
-		copied = skb->len;
-
 out:
 	netlink_rcv_wake(sk);
 	return err ? : copied;
-
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