[PATCH] [50/106] CAN: Use inode instead of kernel address for /proc file

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Apr 26 2011 - 17:27:12 EST


2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 9f260e0efa4766e56d0ac14f1aeea6ee5eb8fe83 upstream.

Since the socket address is just being used as a unique identifier, its
inode number is an alternative that does not leak potentially sensitive
information.

CC-ing stable because MITRE has assigned CVE-2010-4565 to the issue.

Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
net/can/bcm.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/net/can/bcm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/net/can/bcm.c
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct bcm_sock {
struct list_head tx_ops;
unsigned long dropped_usr_msgs;
struct proc_dir_entry *bcm_proc_read;
- char procname [20]; /* pointer printed in ASCII with \0 */
+ char procname [32]; /* inode number in decimal with \0 */
};

static inline struct bcm_sock *bcm_sk(const struct sock *sk)
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ static int bcm_connect(struct socket *so

if (proc_dir) {
/* unique socket address as filename */
- sprintf(bo->procname, "%p", sock);
+ sprintf(bo->procname, "%lu", sock_i_ino(sk));
bo->bcm_proc_read = proc_create_data(bo->procname, 0644,
proc_dir,
&bcm_proc_fops, sk);
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