Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2017-06-25

Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] af_iucv: Move sockaddr length checks to before accessing sa_family in bind and connect handlers

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From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Date: 2017-06-23 17:36:17
Also in: linux-s390


On 06/23/2017 07:32 PM, Julian Wiedmann wrote:
From: Mateusz Jurczyk <redacted>

Verify that the caller-provided sockaddr structure is large enough to
contain the sa_family field, before accessing it in bind() and connect()
handlers of the AF_IUCV socket. Since neither syscall enforces a minimum
size of the corresponding memory region, very short sockaddrs (zero or
one byte long) result in operating on uninitialized memory while
referencing .sa_family.
Won't it make sense to generally check the minimum length for .sa_family at a
single point before fixing all called sites?

Regards,
Oliver
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Fixes: 52a82e23b9f2 ("af_iucv: Validate socket address length in iucv_sock_bind()")
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jurczyk <redacted>
[jwi: removed unneeded null-check for addr]
Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <redacted>
---
 net/iucv/af_iucv.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 05112094d76b..ac033e413bc5 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -715,10 +715,8 @@ static int iucv_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 	char uid[9];
 
 	/* Verify the input sockaddr */
-	if (!addr || addr->sa_family != AF_IUCV)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_iucv))
+	if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_iucv) ||
+	    addr->sa_family != AF_IUCV)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
@@ -862,7 +860,7 @@ static int iucv_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 	struct iucv_sock *iucv = iucv_sk(sk);
 	int err;
 
-	if (addr->sa_family != AF_IUCV || alen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_iucv))
+	if (alen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_iucv) || addr->sa_family != AF_IUCV)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (sk->sk_state != IUCV_OPEN && sk->sk_state != IUCV_BOUND)
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