Re: [PATCH v2] net: fix NULL pointer reference in cipso_v4_doi_free
From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Date: 2021-08-30 14:17:22
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 6:28 AM 王贇 [off-list ref] wrote:
In netlbl_cipsov4_add_std() when 'doi_def->map.std' alloc failed, we sometime observe panic: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: ... RIP: 0010:cipso_v4_doi_free+0x3a/0x80 ... Call Trace: netlbl_cipsov4_add_std+0xf4/0x8c0 netlbl_cipsov4_add+0x13f/0x1b0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.15+0x132/0x170 genl_rcv_msg+0x125/0x240 This is because in cipso_v4_doi_free() there is no check on 'doi_def->map.std' when doi_def->type got value 1, which is possibe, since netlbl_cipsov4_add_std() haven't initialize it before alloc 'doi_def->map.std'. This patch just add the check to prevent panic happen in similar cases. Reported-by: Abaci <redacted> Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <redacted> --- net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
I see this was already merged, but it looks good to me, thanks for making those changes.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c index baf2357..344c228 100644 --- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c +++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ static int netlbl_cipsov4_add_std(struct genl_info *info, return -ENOMEM; doi_def->map.std = kzalloc(sizeof(*doi_def->map.std), GFP_KERNEL); if (doi_def->map.std == NULL) { - ret_val = -ENOMEM; - goto add_std_failure; + kfree(doi_def); + return -ENOMEM; } doi_def->type = CIPSO_V4_MAP_TRANS; --1.8.3.1
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