netdev - Re: [PATCH] 4 bytes kernel memory disclosure in SO

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:59:24 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clement.lecigne@...asq.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 4 bytes kernel memory disclosure in SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt
 try #2

From: Clement LECIGNE <clement.lecigne@...asq.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:35:45 +0100

> In function sock_getsockopt() located in net/core/sock.c, optval v.val
> is not correctly initialized and directly returned in userland in case
> we have SO_BSDCOMPAT option set.
> 
> This dummy code should trigger the bug:
> 
> int main(void)
> {
> 	unsigned char buf[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
> 	int len;
> 	int sock;
> 	sock = socket(33, 2, 2);
> 	getsockopt(sock, 1, SO_BSDCOMPAT, &buf, &len);
> 	printf("%x%x%x%x\n", buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3]);
> 	close(sock);
> }
> 
> Here is a patch that fix this bug by initalizing v.val just after its declaration.

Applied, thank you.
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