On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:01:56PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote: > @@ -2333,13 +2339,12 @@ do_ip_vs_set_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, unsigned int len) > struct ip_vs_dest_user_kern udest; > struct netns_ipvs *ipvs = net_ipvs(net); > > + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(arg) > 256); 256 is off-by-one because u8 ranges from 0-255 so we are never able to copy 256 bytes into the "arg" buffer. > - if (copylen > 128) > + if (*len < (int) copylen || *len < 0) { > + pr_err("get_ctl: len %d < %u\n", *len, copylen); Don't let users flood dmesg. Just return an error. (This can be triggered by non-root as well). > return -EINVAL; > + } regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html