[patch 08/20] ipx: header length validation needed

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Aug 21 2006 - 14:46:22 EST


-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>

This patch will linearize and check there is enough data.
It handles the pprop case as well as avoiding a whole audit of
the routing code.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>

---
net/ipx/af_ipx.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.17.8.orig/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ linux-2.6.17.8/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,8 @@ static int ipx_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
ipx_pktsize = ntohs(ipx->ipx_pktsize);

/* Too small or invalid header? */
- if (ipx_pktsize < sizeof(struct ipxhdr) || ipx_pktsize > skb->len)
+ if (ipx_pktsize < sizeof(struct ipxhdr)
+ || !pskb_may_pull(skb, ipx_pktsize))
goto drop;

if (ipx->ipx_checksum != IPX_NO_CHECKSUM &&

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