[patch] tipc: info leak in __tipc_nl_add_udp_addr()

Subsystems: networking [general], the rest, tipc network layer

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-10-13 · open the first message on its own page

[patch] tipc: info leak in __tipc_nl_add_udp_addr()

From: Dan Carpenter <hidden>
Date: 2016-10-13 08:06:38

We should clear out the padding and unused struct members so that we
don't expose stack information to userspace.

Fixes: fdb3accc2c15 ('tipc: add the ability to get UDP options via netlink')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
---
This goes into the net tree.
diff --git a/net/tipc/udp_media.c b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
index d80cd3f..78cab9c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/udp_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/udp_media.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ static int __tipc_nl_add_udp_addr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (ntohs(addr->proto) == ETH_P_IP) {
 		struct sockaddr_in ip4;
 
+		memset(&ip4, 0, sizeof(ip4));
 		ip4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 		ip4.sin_port = addr->port;
 		ip4.sin_addr.s_addr = addr->ipv4.s_addr;
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ static int __tipc_nl_add_udp_addr(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	} else if (ntohs(addr->proto) == ETH_P_IPV6) {
 		struct sockaddr_in6 ip6;
 
+		memset(&ip6, 0, sizeof(ip6));
 		ip6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 		ip6.sin6_port  = addr->port;
 		memcpy(&ip6.sin6_addr, &addr->ipv6, sizeof(struct in6_addr));

Re: [patch] tipc: info leak in __tipc_nl_add_udp_addr()

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2016-10-13 16:11:25

From: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:06:06 +0300
We should clear out the padding and unused struct members so that we
don't expose stack information to userspace.

Fixes: fdb3accc2c15 ('tipc: add the ability to get UDP options via netlink')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
Applied, thanks.

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