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xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL
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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>
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minipli authored and davem330 committed Sep 18, 2012
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
Expand Up @@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xfrm_state_netlink(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
{
struct xfrm_dump_info info;
struct sk_buff *skb;
int err;

skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!skb)
Expand All @@ -888,9 +889,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *xfrm_state_netlink(struct sk_buff *in_skb,
info.nlmsg_seq = seq;
info.nlmsg_flags = 0;

if (dump_one_state(x, 0, &info)) {
err = dump_one_state(x, 0, &info);
if (err) {
kfree_skb(skb);
return NULL;
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

return skb;
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