[PATCH 1/2] net: ipv6: router advertisement message length should be within limits

emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com
Thu May 18 20:24:38 CEST 2023


From: Ehsan Mohandesi <emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com>

The argument len passed to function process_ra is the length of the IPv6
router advertisement message and needs to be between 0 and MTU because
it is assigned to remaining_option_len and used as a loop variable.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 450971 ("TAINTED_SCALAR")
Signed-off-by: Ehsan Mohandesi <emohandesi at linux.microsoft.com>
---
 net/ndisc.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ndisc.c b/net/ndisc.c
index 0b27779..d1cec06 100644
--- a/net/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ndisc.c
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ int process_ra(struct ip6_hdr *ip6, int len)
 	unsigned char type = 0;
 	struct icmp6_ra_prefix_info *prefix = NULL;
 
+	if (len > ETH_MAX_MTU)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	/* Ignore the packet if router lifetime is 0. */
 	if (!icmp->icmp6_rt_lifetime)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-- 
1.8.3.1



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