CVE-2013-2634 (published 2013-03-22T11:59Z)

net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.

Severity: LOW
CVSS v2 base score: 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-399
cwe_name: Resource Management Errors
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Mathias Krause
author_date: 2013-03-09 05:52:21+00:00
msg: dcbnl: fix various netlink info leaks

The dcb netlink interface leaks stack memory in various places:
* perm_addr[] buffer is only filled at max with 12 of the 32 bytes but
  copied completely,
* no in-kernel driver fills all fields of an IEEE 802.1Qaz subcommand,
  so we're leaking up to 58 bytes for ieee_ets structs, up to 136 bytes
  for ieee_pfc structs, etc.,
* the same is true for CEE -- no in-kernel driver fills the whole
  struct,

Prevent all of the above stack info leaks by properly initializing the
buffers/structures involved.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: dcbnl.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ static int dcbnl_getperm_hwaddr(struct net_device *netdev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (!netdev->dcbnl_ops->getpermhwaddr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	memset(perm_addr, 0, sizeof(perm_addr));
 	netdev->dcbnl_ops->getpermhwaddr(netdev, perm_addr);
 
 	return nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_PERM_HWADDR, sizeof(perm_addr), perm_addr);
@@ -1042,6 +1043,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (ops->ieee_getets) {
 		struct ieee_ets ets;
+		memset(&ets, 0, sizeof(ets));
 		err = ops->ieee_getets(netdev, &ets);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_ETS, sizeof(ets), &ets))
@@ -1050,6 +1052,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (ops->ieee_getmaxrate) {
 		struct ieee_maxrate maxrate;
+		memset(&maxrate, 0, sizeof(maxrate));
 		err = ops->ieee_getmaxrate(netdev, &maxrate);
 		if (!err) {
 			err = nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAXRATE,
@@ -1061,6 +1064,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (ops->ieee_getpfc) {
 		struct ieee_pfc pfc;
+		memset(&pfc, 0, sizeof(pfc));
 		err = ops->ieee_getpfc(netdev, &pfc);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_PFC, sizeof(pfc), &pfc))
@@ -1094,6 +1098,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* get peer info if available */
 	if (ops->ieee_peer_getets) {
 		struct ieee_ets ets;
+		memset(&ets, 0, sizeof(ets));
 		err = ops->ieee_peer_getets(netdev, &ets);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_PEER_ETS, sizeof(ets), &ets))
@@ -1102,6 +1107,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (ops->ieee_peer_getpfc) {
 		struct ieee_pfc pfc;
+		memset(&pfc, 0, sizeof(pfc));
 		err = ops->ieee_peer_getpfc(netdev, &pfc);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_IEEE_PEER_PFC, sizeof(pfc), &pfc))
@@ -1280,6 +1286,7 @@ static int dcbnl_cee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* peer info if available */
 	if (ops->cee_peer_getpg) {
 		struct cee_pg pg;
+		memset(&pg, 0, sizeof(pg));
 		err = ops->cee_peer_getpg(netdev, &pg);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_CEE_PEER_PG, sizeof(pg), &pg))
@@ -1288,6 +1295,7 @@ static int dcbnl_cee_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (ops->cee_peer_getpfc) {
 		struct cee_pfc pfc;
+		memset(&pfc, 0, sizeof(pfc));
 		err = ops->cee_peer_getpfc(netdev, &pfc);
 		if (!err &&
 		    nla_put(skb, DCB_ATTR_CEE_PEER_PFC, sizeof(pfc), &pfc))

programming_language: C