ebtables: check struct type before computing gap

Check struct type before dereferencing fields in ebt_entry.
Failure to check can cause oops.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
This commit is contained in:
Chuck Ebbert
2007-01-08 07:11:50 +01:00
committed by Adrian Bunk
parent 55f645946c
commit 028f0b0041
+2 -1
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@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ ebt_check_entry(struct ebt_entry *e, struct ebt_table_info *newinfo,
struct ebt_entry_target *t;
struct ebt_target *target;
unsigned int i, j, hook = 0, hookmask = 0;
size_t gap = e->next_offset - e->target_offset;
size_t gap;
int ret;
/* don't mess with the struct ebt_entries */
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ ebt_check_entry(struct ebt_entry *e, struct ebt_table_info *newinfo,
if (ret != 0)
goto cleanup_watchers;
t = (struct ebt_entry_target *)(((char *)e) + e->target_offset);
gap = e->next_offset - e->target_offset;
target = find_target_lock(t->u.name, &ret, &ebt_mutex);
if (!target)
goto cleanup_watchers;