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[iproute,v3,6/6] lib/libnetlink: Don't pass NULL parameter to memcpy()

Message ID 20170824094131.2963-7-phil@nwl.cc
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Phil Sutter Aug. 24, 2017, 9:41 a.m. UTC
Both addattr_l() and rta_addattr_l() may be called with NULL data
pointer and 0 alen parameters. Avoid calling memcpy() in that case.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 lib/libnetlink.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Stephen Hemminger Aug. 24, 2017, 10:29 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 24 Aug 2017 11:41:31 +0200
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Both addattr_l() and rta_addattr_l() may be called with NULL data
> pointer and 0 alen parameters. Avoid calling memcpy() in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
> ---
>  lib/libnetlink.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
> index 874e660be7eb4..fbe719ee10449 100644
> --- a/lib/libnetlink.c
> +++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
> @@ -871,7 +871,8 @@ int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const void *data,
>  	rta = NLMSG_TAIL(n);
>  	rta->rta_type = type;
>  	rta->rta_len = len;
> -	memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
> +	if (alen)
> +		memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
>  	n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -958,7 +959,8 @@ int rta_addattr_l(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type,
>  	subrta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *)rta) + RTA_ALIGN(rta->rta_len));
>  	subrta->rta_type = type;
>  	subrta->rta_len = len;
> -	memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
> +	if (alen)
> +		memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
>  	rta->rta_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(rta->rta_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
>  	return 0;
>  }

Ok, applied. You never know when GCC language experts might decide
to exploit undefined behavior.
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diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
index 874e660be7eb4..fbe719ee10449 100644
--- a/lib/libnetlink.c
+++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
@@ -871,7 +871,8 @@  int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const void *data,
 	rta = NLMSG_TAIL(n);
 	rta->rta_type = type;
 	rta->rta_len = len;
-	memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
+	if (alen)
+		memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
 	n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -958,7 +959,8 @@  int rta_addattr_l(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type,
 	subrta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *)rta) + RTA_ALIGN(rta->rta_len));
 	subrta->rta_type = type;
 	subrta->rta_len = len;
-	memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
+	if (alen)
+		memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
 	rta->rta_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(rta->rta_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
 	return 0;
 }