Re: [netfilter-core] [PATCH 2.6.10 1/1] netfilter: fix crash on nat+icmppackets

[Patrick McHardy]

mukesh agrawal wrote:

> The cause of the crash is that udp_manip_pkt reads *pskb into iph before 
> calling skb_ip_make_writable, and fails to update iph after the call. 
> Since skb_ip_make_writable may delete the original skb when it makes a 
> copy, a page fault may occur when udp_manip_pkt later dereferences iph.

This bug has already been fixed in 2.6.11-rc.

Regards
Patrick

> diff -uprN linux-2.6.10.orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_udp.c 
> linux-2.6.10.fixed/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_udp.c
> --- linux-2.6.10.orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_udp.c    
> 2004-12-24 16:34:01.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.10.fixed/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_proto_udp.c    
> 2005-03-01 19:32:21.000000000 -0500
> @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ udp_manip_pkt(struct sk_buff **pskb,
>
>      if (!skb_ip_make_writable(pskb, hdroff + sizeof(hdr)))
>          return 0;
> +    /* skb_ip_make_writable may have copied the skb, and deleted
> +       the original */
> +    iph = (struct iphdr *)((*pskb)->data + iphdroff);
>
>      hdr = (void *)(*pskb)->data + hdroff;
>      if (maniptype == IP_NAT_MANIP_SRC) {

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