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In ethtool_get_rxnfc(), the eth command 'cmd' is compared against 'ETHTOOL_GRXFH' to see whether it is necessary to adjust the variable 'info_size'. Then the whole structure of 'info' is copied from the user-space buffer 'useraddr' with 'info_size' bytes. In the following execution, 'info' may be copied again from the buffer 'useraddr' depending on the 'cmd' and the 'info.flow_type'. However, after these two copies, there is no check between 'cmd' and 'info.cmd'. In fact, 'cmd' is also copied from the buffer 'useraddr' in dev_ethtool(), which is the caller function of ethtool_get_rxnfc(). Given that 'useraddr' is in the user space, a malicious user can race to change the eth command in the buffer between these copies. By doing so, the attacker can supply inconsistent data and cause undefined behavior because in the following execution 'info' will be passed to ops->get_rxnfc(). This patch adds a necessary check on 'info.cmd' and 'cmd' to confirm that they are still same after the two copies in ethtool_get_rxnfc(). Otherwise, an error code EINVAL will be returned. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.