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bridge-netfilter: don't overwrite memory outside of skb

PATCH Applied Stephen Hemminger 2 participants 2 messages Aug 23, 2006 – Aug 25, 2006 3 messages not in the archive

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#3 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 bridge-netfilter: don't overwrite memory outside of skb

The bridge netfilter code needs to check for space at the front of the skb before overwriting; otherwise if skb from device doesn't have headroom, then it will cause random memory corruption.

include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h +12 -4
@@ -47,18 +47,26 @@
 #define BRNF_BRIDGED			0x08
 #define BRNF_NF_BRIDGE_PREROUTING	0x10
 
-
 /* Only used in br_forward.c */
-static inline
-void nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline int nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	if (skb->nf_bridge) {
 		if (skb->protocol == __constant_htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
+			err = skb_cow(skb, 18);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
 			memcpy(skb->data - 18, skb->nf_bridge->data, 18);
 			skb_push(skb, 4);
-		} else
+		} else {
+			err = skb_cow(skb, 16);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
 			memcpy(skb->data - 16, skb->nf_bridge->data, 16);
+		}
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* This is called by the IP fragmenting code and it ensures there is
net/bridge/br_forward.c +7 -3
@@ -43,11 +43,15 @@
 	else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER
 		/* ip_refrag calls ip_fragment, doesn't copy the MAC header. */
-		nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(skb);
+		if (nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header(skb))
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+		else
 #endif
-		skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		{
+			skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 
-		dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+			dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
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#4 lore raw
Quoted 6 lines · Stephen Hemminger

The bridge netfilter code needs to check for space at the front of the skb before overwriting; otherwise if skb from device doesn't have headroom, then it will cause random memory corruption.

Queued to -stable, thanks.

greg k-h