Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755652Ab3DXOQ3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:16:29 -0400 Received: from p3plsmtps2ded04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([208.109.80.198]:35355 "EHLO p3plsmtps2ded04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755155Ab3DXOQY (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:16:24 -0400 x-originating-ip: 72.167.245.219 From: "K. Y. Srinivasan" To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, jasowang@redhat.com Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" Subject: [PATCH 2/7] tools: hv: fix checks for origin of netlink message in hv_vss_daemon Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:48:49 -0700 Message-Id: <1366814934-4461-2-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1366814934-4461-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> References: <1366814913-4422-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> <1366814934-4461-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1399 Lines: 45 From: Olaf Hering Similar to what commit 95a69adab9acfc3981c504737a2b6578e4d846ef ("tools: hv: Netlink source address validation allows DoS") does in hv_kvp_daemon, improve checks for origin of netlink connector message. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan --- tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c index 2a03d0b..dc3eb1e 100644 --- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c +++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c @@ -186,13 +186,19 @@ int main(void) len = recvfrom(fd, vss_recv_buffer, sizeof(vss_recv_buffer), 0, addr_p, &addr_l); - if (len < 0 || addr.nl_pid) { + if (len < 0) { syslog(LOG_ERR, "recvfrom failed; pid:%u error:%d %s", addr.nl_pid, errno, strerror(errno)); close(fd); return -1; } + if (addr.nl_pid) { + syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Received packet from untrusted pid:%u", + addr.nl_pid); + continue; + } + incoming_msg = (struct nlmsghdr *)vss_recv_buffer; if (incoming_msg->nlmsg_type != NLMSG_DONE) -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/