netdev - [PATCH net-2.6 1/2] ethtool: Fix potential kernel buffer overflow in ETHTOOL

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:44:07 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Santwona Behera <santwona.behera@....com>
Subject: [PATCH net-2.6 1/2] ethtool: Fix potential kernel buffer overflow
 in ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL

On a 32-bit machine, info.rule_cnt >= 0x40000000 leads to integer
overflow and the buffer may be smaller than needed.  Since
ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL is unprivileged, this can presumably be used for at
least denial of service.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc: stable@...nel.org
---
 net/core/ethtool.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index a0f4964..a3a7e9a 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -347,8 +347,9 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	if (info.cmd == ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL) {
 		if (info.rule_cnt > 0) {
-			rule_buf = kmalloc(info.rule_cnt * sizeof(u32),
-					   GFP_USER);
+			if (info.rule_cnt <= KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE / sizeof(u32))
+				rule_buf = kmalloc(info.rule_cnt * sizeof(u32),
+						   GFP_USER);
 			if (!rule_buf)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-- 
1.6.2.5


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Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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