[PATCH 1/5] macvtap: fix uninitialized access on TUNSETIFF

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Tue Dec 16 2014 - 08:05:33 EST


flags field in ifreq is only 16 bit wide, but
we read it as a 32 bit value.
If userspace doesn't zero-initialize unused fields,
this will lead to failures.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/macvtap.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index af90ab5..de88285 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static long macvtap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
struct ifreq __user *ifr = argp;
unsigned int __user *up = argp;
- unsigned int u;
+ unsigned short u;
int __user *sp = argp;
int s;
int ret;
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ static long macvtap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
if ((u & ~MACVTAP_FEATURES) != (IFF_NO_PI | IFF_TAP))
ret = -EINVAL;
else
- q->flags = u;
+ q->flags = (q->flags & ~MACVTAP_FEATURES) | u;

return ret;

@@ -1039,8 +1039,9 @@ static long macvtap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
}

ret = 0;
+ u = q->flags;
if (copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_name, vlan->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ) ||
- put_user(q->flags, &ifr->ifr_flags))
+ put_user(u, &ifr->ifr_flags))
ret = -EFAULT;
macvtap_put_vlan(vlan);
rtnl_unlock();
--
MST

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