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authorSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>2011-02-06 18:26:43 -0500
committerSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>2011-02-07 18:54:31 -0500
commit531c9da8c854c5b075383253a57fdd4e0be82e99 (patch)
treead3cd10621d05b18b1b403f28733e0bc11b8eb8f /net/batman-adv
parent1181e1daace88018b2ff66592aa10a4791d705ff (diff)
batman-adv: Linearize fragment packets before merge
We access the data inside the skbs of two fragments directly using memmove during the merge. The data of the skb could span over multiple skb pages. An direct access without knowledge about the pages would lead to an invalid memory access. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> [lindner_marek@yahoo.de: Move return from function to the end] Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv')
-rw-r--r--net/batman-adv/unicast.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/unicast.c b/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
index ee41fef04b21..d1a611322549 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/unicast.c
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *frag_merge_packet(struct list_head *head,
50 skb = tfp->skb; 50 skb = tfp->skb;
51 } 51 }
52 52
53 if (skb_linearize(skb) < 0 || skb_linearize(tmp_skb) < 0)
54 goto err;
55
53 skb_pull(tmp_skb, sizeof(struct unicast_frag_packet)); 56 skb_pull(tmp_skb, sizeof(struct unicast_frag_packet));
54 if (pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, tmp_skb->len, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) { 57 if (pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, tmp_skb->len, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0)
55 /* free buffered skb, skb will be freed later */ 58 goto err;
56 kfree_skb(tfp->skb);
57 return NULL;
58 }
59 59
60 /* move free entry to end */ 60 /* move free entry to end */
61 tfp->skb = NULL; 61 tfp->skb = NULL;
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *frag_merge_packet(struct list_head *head,
70 unicast_packet->packet_type = BAT_UNICAST; 70 unicast_packet->packet_type = BAT_UNICAST;
71 71
72 return skb; 72 return skb;
73
74err:
75 /* free buffered skb, skb will be freed later */
76 kfree_skb(tfp->skb);
77 return NULL;
73} 78}
74 79
75static void frag_create_entry(struct list_head *head, struct sk_buff *skb) 80static void frag_create_entry(struct list_head *head, struct sk_buff *skb)