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[PATCH 2.6 NET] Catch wrong RTATTR_MAX with BUG()

From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Date: 2004-09-09 16:43:46

Catches outdated/invalid RTATTR_MAX and therefore avoids possible stack
corruption.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
--- linux-2.6.9-rc1-bk15.orig/net/core/rtnetlink.c	2004-09-08 18:33:42.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc1-bk15/net/core/rtnetlink.c	2004-09-09 18:18:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@
 	sz_idx = type>>2;
 	kind = type&3;
 
+	if (RTATTR_MAX < rta_max[sz_idx])
+		BUG();
+
 	if (kind != 2 && security_netlink_recv(skb)) {
 		*errp = -EPERM;
 		return -1;
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