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| author | Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> | 2007-03-06 22:12:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-03-07 03:01:04 +0100 |
| commit | 059819a41d4331316dd8ddcf977a24ab338f4300 (patch) | |
| tree | f4d93f613001c195d66dffaa5b3593dcaf4e8d53 /drivers/char | |
| parent | [PATCH] suspend regression: sysfs deadlock (diff) | |
| download | linux-059819a41d4331316dd8ddcf977a24ab338f4300.tar.xz linux-059819a41d4331316dd8ddcf977a24ab338f4300.zip | |
[PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver (CVE-2007-0005)
Based on a patch from Don Howard <dhoward@redhat.com>
When calling write() with a buffer larger than 512 bytes, the
driver's write buffer overflows, allowing to overwrite the EIP and
execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
In read(), there exists a similar problem, but coming from the device.
A malicous or buggy device sending more than 512 bytes can overflow
of the driver's read buffer, with the same effects as above.
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c index 0e82968c2f38..f2e4ec4fd407 100644 --- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c +++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/cm4040_cs.c @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static ssize_t cm4040_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, DEBUGP(6, dev, "BytesToRead=%lu\n", bytes_to_read); min_bytes_to_read = min(count, bytes_to_read + 5); + min_bytes_to_read = min_t(size_t, min_bytes_to_read, READ_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE); DEBUGP(6, dev, "Min=%lu\n", min_bytes_to_read); @@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ static ssize_t cm4040_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, return 0; } - if (count < 5) { + if ((count < 5) || (count > READ_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE)) { DEBUGP(2, dev, "<- cm4040_write buffersize=%Zd < 5\n", count); return -EIO; } |