From: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit 276bdb82dedb290511467a5a4fdbe9f0b52dce6f upstream. ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt() and ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt() might be called with a NULL ccid pointer leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could lead to a privilege escalation if the attacker is able to map page 0 and prepare it with a fake ccid_ops pointer. Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/dccp/ccid.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/dccp/ccid.h b/net/dccp/ccid.h index 6df6f8ac9636..4f78abbf1045 100644 --- a/net/dccp/ccid.h +++ b/net/dccp/ccid.h @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static inline int ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt(struct ccid *ccid, struct sock *sk, u32 __user *optval, int __user *optlen) { int rc = -ENOPROTOOPT; - if (ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt != NULL) + if (ccid != NULL && ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt != NULL) rc = ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt(sk, optname, len, optval, optlen); return rc; @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static inline int ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt(struct ccid *ccid, struct sock *sk, u32 __user *optval, int __user *optlen) { int rc = -ENOPROTOOPT; - if (ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt != NULL) + if (ccid != NULL && ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt != NULL) rc = ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt(sk, optname, len, optval, optlen); return rc; -- 1.8.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html