Don't use bio_writer_t.skip() to write length field when appending more data

If the writer reallocates its buffer, the length pointer might not be valid
anymore, or even worse, point to an arbitrary allocation.
This commit is contained in:
Martin Willi
2013-01-11 14:57:08 +01:00
parent 2f0441a3a6
commit 54a1a75b2f
2 changed files with 9 additions and 6 deletions
@@ -410,14 +410,15 @@ eap_payload_t *eap_payload_create_nak(u_int8_t identifier, eap_type_t type,
eap_type_t reg_type;
u_int32_t reg_vendor;
bio_writer_t *writer;
chunk_t length, data;
chunk_t data;
bool added_any = FALSE, found_vendor = FALSE;
eap_payload_t *payload;
writer = bio_writer_create(12);
writer->write_uint8(writer, EAP_RESPONSE);
writer->write_uint8(writer, identifier);
length = writer->skip(writer, 2);
/* write zero length, we update it once we know the length */
writer->write_uint16(writer, 0);
write_type(writer, EAP_NAK, 0, expanded);
@@ -453,10 +454,9 @@ eap_payload_t *eap_payload_create_nak(u_int8_t identifier, eap_type_t type,
/* set length */
data = writer->get_buf(writer);
htoun16(length.ptr, data.len);
htoun16(data.ptr + offsetof(eap_packet_t, length), data.len);
payload = eap_payload_create_data(data);
writer->destroy(writer);
return payload;
}