From: "kiyin(尹亮)" <kiyin@xxxxxxxxxxx> The .x25_addr[] address comes from the user and is not necessarily NUL terminated. This leads to a couple problems. The first problem is that the strlen() in x25_bind() can read beyond the end of the buffer. The second problem is more subtle and could result in memory corruption. The call tree is: x25_connect() --> x25_write_internal() --> x25_addr_aton() The .x25_addr[] buffers are copied to the "addresses" buffer from x25_write_internal() so it will lead to stack corruption. The x25 protocol only allows 15 character addresses so putting a NUL terminator as the 16th character is safe and obviously preferable to reading out of bounds. Signed-off-by: "kiyin(尹亮)" <kiyin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/x25/af_x25.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/x25/af_x25.c b/net/x25/af_x25.c index 0bbb283f23c9..3180f15942fe 100644 --- a/net/x25/af_x25.c +++ b/net/x25/af_x25.c @@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ static int x25_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len) goto out; } + addr->sx25_addr.x25_addr[X25_ADDR_LEN - 1] = '\0'; + /* check for the null_x25_address */ if (strcmp(addr->sx25_addr.x25_addr, null_x25_address.x25_addr)) { @@ -779,6 +781,7 @@ static int x25_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, goto out; rc = -ENETUNREACH; + addr->sx25_addr.x25_addr[X25_ADDR_LEN - 1] = '\0'; rt = x25_get_route(&addr->sx25_addr); if (!rt) goto out; -- 2.28.0