netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fix infinite loop in __skb_recv

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:41:41 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, tt.rantala@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davej@...hat.com, xemul@...allels.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix infinite loop in __skb_recv_datagram()

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 04:07:33PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:16:53 -0800
> 
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > 
> > Tommi was fuzzing with trinity and reported the following problem :
> > 
> > commit 3f518bf745 (datagram: Add offset argument to __skb_recv_datagram)
> > missed that a raw socket receive queue can contain skbs with no payload.
> > 
> > We can loop in __skb_recv_datagram() with MSG_PEEK mode, because
> > wait_for_packet() is not prepared to skip these skbs.
>  ...
> > Reported-by: Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@...il.com>
> > Tested-by: Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

This issue got a CVE: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/310
Perhaps it's something that should go to stable?

Thanks,

  Hannes

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