From c2805fbb8630abb95d94ce7adc3f97976f7e0367 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean Tourrilhes Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:31:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] WE-22 : prevent information leak on 64 bit Johannes Berg discovered that kernel space was leaking to userspace on 64 bit platform. He made a first patch to fix that. This is an improved version of his patch. Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- include/net/iw_handler.h | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/net/iw_handler.h') diff --git a/include/net/iw_handler.h b/include/net/iw_handler.h index 10559e937d2..8a830188354 100644 --- a/include/net/iw_handler.h +++ b/include/net/iw_handler.h @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ /* * This file define the new driver API for Wireless Extensions * - * Version : 7 18.3.05 + * Version : 8 16.3.07 * * Authors : Jean Tourrilhes - HPL - - * Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved. + * Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Jean Tourrilhes, All Rights Reserved. */ #ifndef _IW_HANDLER_H @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ * will be needed... * I just plan to increment with each new version. */ -#define IW_HANDLER_VERSION 7 +#define IW_HANDLER_VERSION 8 /* * Changes : @@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ * - Remove (struct iw_point *)->pointer from events and streams * - Remove spy_offset from struct iw_handler_def * - Add "check" version of event macros for ieee802.11 stack + * + * V7 to V8 + * ---------- + * - Prevent leaking of kernel space in stream on 64 bits. */ /**************************** CONSTANTS ****************************/ @@ -500,7 +504,11 @@ iwe_stream_add_event(char * stream, /* Stream of events */ /* Check if it's possible */ if(likely((stream + event_len) < ends)) { iwe->len = event_len; - memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, event_len); + /* Beware of alignement issues on 64 bits */ + memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); + memcpy(stream + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, + ((char *) iwe) + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, + event_len - IW_EV_LCP_LEN); stream += event_len; } return stream; @@ -521,10 +529,10 @@ iwe_stream_add_point(char * stream, /* Stream of events */ /* Check if it's possible */ if(likely((stream + event_len) < ends)) { iwe->len = event_len; - memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_LEN); + memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); memcpy(stream + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, ((char *) iwe) + IW_EV_LCP_LEN + IW_EV_POINT_OFF, - IW_EV_POINT_LEN - IW_EV_LCP_LEN); + IW_EV_POINT_PK_LEN - IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); memcpy(stream + IW_EV_POINT_LEN, extra, iwe->u.data.length); stream += event_len; } @@ -574,7 +582,11 @@ iwe_stream_check_add_event(char * stream, /* Stream of events */ /* Check if it's possible, set error if not */ if(likely((stream + event_len) < ends)) { iwe->len = event_len; - memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, event_len); + /* Beware of alignement issues on 64 bits */ + memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); + memcpy(stream + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, + ((char *) iwe) + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, + event_len - IW_EV_LCP_LEN); stream += event_len; } else *perr = -E2BIG; @@ -598,10 +610,10 @@ iwe_stream_check_add_point(char * stream, /* Stream of events */ /* Check if it's possible */ if(likely((stream + event_len) < ends)) { iwe->len = event_len; - memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_LEN); + memcpy(stream, (char *) iwe, IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); memcpy(stream + IW_EV_LCP_LEN, ((char *) iwe) + IW_EV_LCP_LEN + IW_EV_POINT_OFF, - IW_EV_POINT_LEN - IW_EV_LCP_LEN); + IW_EV_POINT_PK_LEN - IW_EV_LCP_PK_LEN); memcpy(stream + IW_EV_POINT_LEN, extra, iwe->u.data.length); stream += event_len; } else -- cgit v1.2.3