Re: [PATCH 1/2] netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: fix handling of malformed TCP header

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	Hello,

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:

> Make sure the packet has enough room for the TCP header and
> that it is not malformed.
> 
> While at it, store tcph->doff*4 in a variable, as it is used
> several times.
> 
> Reported-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
> index 7011c71..2883c1c 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c

> @@ -87,8 +91,8 @@ tcpmss_mangle_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  		newmss = info->mss;
>  
>  	opt = (u_int8_t *)tcph;
> -	for (i = sizeof(struct tcphdr); i < tcph->doff*4; i += optlen(opt, i)) {
> -		if (opt[i] == TCPOPT_MSS && tcph->doff*4 - i >= TCPOLEN_MSS &&
> +	for (i = sizeof(struct tcphdr); i < tcp_hdrlen; i += optlen(opt, i)) {

	If we also want to avoid the wrong access in optlen()
we have 2 options for the above line:

1. Use 'i < tcp_hdrlen - 1' or 'i <= tcp_hdrlen - 2'

2. Use 'i <= tcp_hdrlen - TCPOLEN_MSS' and remove the
below 'tcp_hdrlen - i >= TCPOLEN_MSS' check

> +		if (opt[i] == TCPOPT_MSS && tcp_hdrlen - i >= TCPOLEN_MSS &&
>  		    opt[i+1] == TCPOLEN_MSS) {
>  			u_int16_t oldmss;

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
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