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netlink: fix null pointer dereference on nlk->groups

Message ID 1452231970-27357-1-git-send-email-sploving1@gmail.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Baozeng Ding Jan. 8, 2016, 5:46 a.m. UTC
If groups is not 0 and nlk->groups is NULL, it will not return
immediately and cause a null pointer dereference later.

Signed-off-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@gmail.com>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Sergei Shtylyov Jan. 8, 2016, 7:43 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello.

On 01/08/2016 08:46 AM, Baozeng Ding wrote:

> If groups is not 0 and nlk->groups is NULL, it will not return
> immediately and cause a null pointer dereference later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@gmail.com>
> ---
>   net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 10 +++++++---
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> index 59651af..38efde0 100644
> --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
[...]
> @@ -1576,14 +1577,17 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
>   		}
>   	}
>
> -	if (!groups && (nlk->groups == NULL || !(u32)nlk->groups[0]))
> +	if (nlk->groups == NULL)

    '!nlk->groups' is preferred in the networking code.

[...]

MBR, Sergei
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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 59651af..38efde0 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@  static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 	int err;
 	long unsigned int groups = nladdr->nl_groups;
 	bool bound;
+	unsigned long nlgroups;
 
 	if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1576,14 +1577,17 @@  static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!groups && (nlk->groups == NULL || !(u32)nlk->groups[0]))
+	if (nlk->groups == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	nlgroups = nlk->groups[0];
+	if (!groups && !(u32)nlgroups)
 		return 0;
 
 	netlink_table_grab();
 	netlink_update_subscriptions(sk, nlk->subscriptions +
 					 hweight32(groups) -
-					 hweight32(nlk->groups[0]));
-	nlk->groups[0] = (nlk->groups[0] & ~0xffffffffUL) | groups;
+					 hweight32(nlgroups));
+	nlk->groups[0] = (nlgroups & ~0xffffffffUL) | groups;
 	netlink_update_listeners(sk);
 	netlink_table_ungrab();