linux/net
David Ramos a1d1e9be5a svcrpc: fix memory leak in gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall
Our UC-KLEE tool found a kernel memory leak of 512 bytes (on x86_64) for
each call to gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall()
(net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c). Since it appears that this call
can be triggered by remote connections (at least, from a cursory a
glance at the call chain), it may be exploitable to cause kernel memory
exhaustion. We found the bug in kernel 3.16.3, but it appears to date
back to commit 9dfd87da1a (2013-08-20).

The gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall() function performs a pair of calls
to gssp_alloc_receive_pages() and gssp_free_receive_pages().  The first
allocates memory for arg->pages.  The second then frees the pages
pointed to by the arg->pages array, but not the array itself.

Reported-by: David A. Ramos <daramos@stanford.edu>
Fixes: 9dfd87da1a ("rpc: fix huge kmalloc's in gss-proxy”)
Signed-off-by: David A. Ramos <daramos@stanford.edu>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
2015-02-17 18:09:02 -05:00
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6lowpan net/6lowpan: Remove FSF address from GPL statement. 2014-12-05 12:43:04 +01:00
9p 9p/trans_virtio: enable VQs early 2014-10-15 10:25:04 +10:30
802
8021q vlan: Add ability to always enable TSO/UFO 2014-12-12 10:58:53 -05:00
appletalk new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
atm put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
ax25 new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
batman-adv batman-adv: fix potential TT client + orig-node memory leak 2015-01-06 11:07:01 +01:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix accepting connections when not using mgmt 2014-12-24 20:02:00 +01:00
bridge bridge: only provide proxy ARP when CONFIG_INET is enabled 2015-01-14 15:08:02 -05:00
caif put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
can can: fix spelling errors 2014-12-07 21:22:05 +01:00
ceph libceph: fix sparse endianness warnings 2015-01-08 20:36:57 +03:00
core neighbour: fix base_reachable_time(_ms) not effective immediatly when changed 2015-01-14 00:28:00 -05:00
dcb dcbnl : Disable software interrupts before taking dcb_lock 2014-11-16 14:50:52 -05:00
dccp net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
decnet new helper: memcpy_to_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:51 -05:00
dns_resolver Merge commit 'v3.16' into next 2014-10-01 00:44:04 +10:00
dsa Driver core patches for 3.19-rc1 2014-12-14 16:10:09 -08:00
ethernet net: Add function for parsing the header length out of linear ethernet frames 2014-09-05 17:47:02 -07:00
hsr
ieee802154 Merge tag 'master-2014-12-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next 2014-12-09 18:12:03 -05:00
ipv4 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2015-01-12 00:14:49 -05:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2015-01-12 00:14:49 -05:00
ipx switch ipxrtr_route_packet() from iovec to msghdr 2014-11-24 04:28:49 -05:00
irda irda: Convert function pointer arrays and uses to const 2014-12-10 15:33:16 -05:00
iucv net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
key new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
l2tp ip_generic_getfrag, udplite_getfrag: switch to passing msghdr 2014-12-09 16:28:22 -05:00
lapb lapb: move EXPORT_SYMBOL after functions. 2014-10-24 15:51:42 -04:00
llc llc: Make llc_sap_action_t function pointer arrays const 2014-12-10 15:21:24 -05:00
mac80211 Revert "mac80211: Fix accounting of the tailroom-needed counter" 2015-01-05 10:33:46 +01:00
mac802154 mac802154: use goto label on failure 2014-12-05 14:18:42 +01:00
mpls mpls: Fix allowed protocols for mpls gso 2014-12-23 23:57:31 -05:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2015-01-12 00:14:49 -05:00
netlabel netlabel: kernel-doc warning fix 2014-10-09 01:40:05 -04:00
netlink genetlink: A genl_bind() to an out-of-range multicast group should not WARN(). 2014-12-29 16:31:49 -05:00
netrom new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
nfc Merge tag 'master-2014-12-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next 2014-12-09 18:12:03 -05:00
openvswitch openvswitch: packet messages need their own probe attribtue 2015-01-14 16:49:44 -05:00
packet packet: bail out of packet_snd() if L2 header creation fails 2015-01-11 21:54:03 -05:00
phonet new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
rds rds: Fix min() warning in rds_message_inc_copy_to_user() 2014-12-15 11:49:09 -05:00
rfkill Driver core patches for 3.19-rc1 2014-12-14 16:10:09 -08:00
rose new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
rxrpc net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-12-10 15:48:20 -05:00
sctp net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr 2014-12-10 22:41:55 -05:00
sunrpc svcrpc: fix memory leak in gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall 2015-02-17 18:09:02 -05:00
switchdev bridge: call netdev_sw_port_stp_update when bridge port STP status changes 2014-12-02 20:01:22 -08:00
tipc tipc: fix bug in broadcast retransmit code 2015-01-12 16:01:59 -05:00
unix put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
vmw_vsock put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
wimax wimax: convert printk to pr_foo() 2014-10-07 20:28:44 -04:00
wireless Revert "cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable" 2014-12-30 16:42:29 -08:00
x25 new helper: memcpy_from_msg() 2014-11-24 04:28:48 -05:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2014-12-08 21:30:21 -05:00
compat.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
Kconfig net: introduce generic switch devices support 2014-12-02 20:01:20 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-16 15:53:03 -08:00
socket.c [regression] chunk lost from bd9b51 2014-12-19 07:13:21 -05:00
sysctl_net.c