Re: [PATCH] net: Fix corruption in /proc/*/net/dev_mcast

From: Daniel Baluta
Date: Mon Nov 28 2011 - 05:40:05 EST


>> dev_mc_seq_ops uses dev_seq_start/next/stop but only allocates
>> sizeof(struct seq_net_private) of private data, whereas it expects
>> sizeof(struct dev_iter_state):
>>
>> struct dev_iter_state {
>>       struct seq_net_private p;
>>       unsigned int pos; /* bucket << BUCKET_SPACE + offset */
>> };
>>
>> Create dev_seq_open_ops and use it so we don't have to expose
>> struct dev_iter_state.

Good catch, indeed! We've now checked and this is the only place
where the problem happens.


>> +int dev_seq_open_ops(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
>> +                  const struct seq_operations *ops)
>> +{
>> +     return seq_open_net(inode, file, ops, sizeof(struct dev_iter_state));
>> +}

Perhaps you could use this function also in dev_seq_open (dev.c:4280).

>>  static int dev_mc_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>>  {
>> -     return seq_open_net(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops,
>> -                         sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
>> +     return dev_seq_open_ops(inode, file, &dev_mc_seq_ops);
>>  }
>>
>>  static const struct file_operations dev_mc_seq_fops = {


thanks,
Daniel.
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