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kernel-netlink: Add some safety checks when printing extended error messages

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The previous code could potentially cause out-of-bound reads.

Fixes: 7988aea7d8 ("kernel-netlink: Log extended ACK error/warning messages")
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Tobias Brunner
2026-07-24 08:47:36 +02:00
parent b52fc6c284
commit 66f0f3a599
1 changed files with 18 additions and 1 deletions
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src/libcharon/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_shared.c
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@@ -920,8 +920,16 @@ void netlink_log_error(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, const char *prefix)
struct rtattr *rta;
size_t offset, rtasize;
const char *msg = NULL;
bool is_error = err->error != 0;
bool is_error;
if (hdr->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(*err)))
{
DBG1(DBG_KNL, "%s%sreceived truncated netlink error/warning",
prefix ? prefix : "", prefix ? ": " : "");
return;
}
is_error = err->error != 0;
if (!prefix)
{
prefix = is_error ? "received netlink error"
@@ -935,7 +943,15 @@ void netlink_log_error(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, const char *prefix)
offset = sizeof(*err);
if (!(hdr->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CAPPED))
{
if (err->msg.nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN)
{
goto log;
}
offset += err->msg.nlmsg_len - NLMSG_HDRLEN;
if (NLMSG_SPACE(offset) > hdr->nlmsg_len)
{
goto log;
}
}
rta = (struct rtattr*)(NLMSG_DATA(hdr) + NLMSG_ALIGN(offset));
@@ -956,6 +972,7 @@ void netlink_log_error(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, const char *prefix)
}
}
log:
if (msg && *msg)
{
if (is_error)