Chen Gang reports: the length of nla_data(cda[CTA_TIMEOUT_NAME]) is not limited in server side. And indeed, its used to strcpy to a fixed-sized buffer. Fortunately, nfnetlink users need CAP_NET_ADMIN. Reported-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c index 8847b4d..701c88a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("cttimeout: Extended Netfilter Connection Tracking timeout tu static LIST_HEAD(cttimeout_list); static const struct nla_policy cttimeout_nla_policy[CTA_TIMEOUT_MAX+1] = { - [CTA_TIMEOUT_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING }, + [CTA_TIMEOUT_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING, + .len = CTNL_TIMEOUT_NAME_MAX - 1}, [CTA_TIMEOUT_L3PROTO] = { .type = NLA_U16 }, [CTA_TIMEOUT_L4PROTO] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [CTA_TIMEOUT_DATA] = { .type = NLA_NESTED }, -- 1.7.8.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html