[patch added to the 3.12 stable tree] netfilter: Fix potential use after free in ip6_route_me_harder()

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



From: Sergey Popovich <popovich_sergei@xxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

===============

commit a8951d5814e1373807a94f79f7ccec7041325470 upstream.

Dst is released one line before we access it again with dst->error.

Fixes: 58e35d147128 netfilter: ipv6: propagate routing errors from
ip6_route_me_harder()

Signed-off-by: Sergey Popovich <popovich_sergei@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv6/netfilter.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
index 95f3f1da0d7f..d38e6a8d8b9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter.c
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ int ip6_route_me_harder(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		.daddr = iph->daddr,
 		.saddr = iph->saddr,
 	};
+	int err;
 
 	dst = ip6_route_output(net, skb->sk, &fl6);
-	if (dst->error) {
+	err = dst->error;
+	if (err) {
 		IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTNOROUTES);
 		LIMIT_NETDEBUG(KERN_DEBUG "ip6_route_me_harder: No more route.\n");
 		dst_release(dst);
-		return dst->error;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	/* Drop old route. */
-- 
1.9.3

--
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




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Development Newbies]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]