netdev - Re: Resend [PATCH] netfilter: Fix copy_to

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Message-ID: <20120304170357.GA24080@1984>
Date:	Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:03:57 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	santosh prasad nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
Cc:	bart.de.schuymer@...dora.be, kaber@...sh.net,
	shemminger@...tta.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Resend [PATCH] netfilter: Fix copy_to_user too small size
 parametre.

On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 06:09:08PM +0530, santosh prasad nayak wrote:
> where is it broken ?
> Can you please explain ?

> >> +     strncpy(name, t->u.target->name, sizeof(name));
> >>       hlp = ubase + (((char *)e + e->target_offset) - base);
> >>       t = (struct ebt_entry_target *)(((char *)e) + e->target_offset);

In ebt_make_names, you dereference t but it is not initialized.

Note that strncpy refers to t->u.target->name which is initialized a
couple of lines after it.
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