Re: [PATCH v2] sctp: don't dereference ptr before leaving _sctp_walk_{params,errors}()

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jul 14 2017 - 13:23:20 EST


From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:33:01 +0200

> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 5:58 PM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:03:29 +0200
>>
>>> v2: per comment from David Miller, make sure the whole iterator->length
>>> fits into the remaining buffer.
>>
>> Please compile and functionally test your changes:
>>
>> In file included from ./include/linux/compiler.h:58:0,
>> from ./include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1,
>> from ./include/linux/stddef.h:4,
>> from ./include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4,
>> from ./include/uapi/linux/types.h:13,
>> from ./include/linux/types.h:5,
>> from net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:48:
>> net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c: In function ʽsctp_sf_do_reconfʼ:
>> ./include/net/sctp/sctp.h:472:24: error: unknown type name ʽsctp_paramhdr_tʼ
>> (pos.v + offsetof(sctp_paramhdr_t, length) + sizeof(pos.p->length) <\
>> ^
> Oops. Fixed.

Did you functionally test the new version or just do a quick compile
check and resubmit?

I really want you to test this if the logic has been changed.