]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL
authorMathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:41:26 +0000 (11:41 +0000)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:11:00 +0000 (16:11 -0500)
commite19ec85a0593236c14563f7fdb0560c1cf1e9eef
tree4df2f5cdc854e5192775cb7a378a1e21ba8cc851
parentf19e36c418a5e2845b60f96c979f10e46e19418a
xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL

commit 864745d291b5ba80ea0bd0edcbe67273de368836 upstream.

When dump_one_state() returns an error, e.g. because of a too small
buffer to dump the whole xfrm state, xfrm_state_netlink() returns NULL
instead of an error pointer. But its callers expect an error pointer
and therefore continue to operate on a NULL skbuff.

This could lead to a privilege escalation (execution of user code in
kernel context) if the attacker has CAP_NET_ADMIN and is able to map
address 0.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c