>>>>> " " == Hai-Pao Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Problem:
> A returned address from kmalloc() can be overwritten to a wrong
> place in rpcauth_lookup_credcache() routine.
Hi Alan,
The following patch fixes the bug in 2.2.18pre. As reported in the
2.4.0 patch on l-k, the problem is to fix both an uninitialized hash
value in auth_null.c, and the use of '%' on signed values in the
rpcauth hashing algorithm.
Cheers,
Trond
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.2.18pre15/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
--- linux-2.2.18pre15/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h Fri Oct 13 11:00:28 2000
+++ linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h Fri Oct 13 11:02:32 2000
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
* Client authentication handle
*/
#define RPC_CREDCACHE_NR 8
+#define RPC_CREDCACHE_MASK (RPC_CREDCACHE_NR - 1)
struct rpc_auth {
struct rpc_cred * au_credcache[RPC_CREDCACHE_NR];
unsigned long au_expire; /* cache expiry interval */
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.2.18pre15/net/sunrpc/auth.c
linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/net/sunrpc/auth.c
--- linux-2.2.18pre15/net/sunrpc/auth.c Fri Oct 13 11:00:34 2000
+++ linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/net/sunrpc/auth.c Fri Oct 13 11:04:42 2000
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
{
int nr;
- nr = (cred->cr_uid % RPC_CREDCACHE_NR);
+ nr = (cred->cr_uid & RPC_CREDCACHE_MASK);
cred->cr_next = auth->au_credcache[nr];
auth->au_credcache[nr] = cred;
cred->cr_count++;
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
int nr = 0;
if (!(taskflags & RPC_TASK_ROOTCREDS))
- nr = current->uid % RPC_CREDCACHE_NR;
+ nr = current->uid & RPC_CREDCACHE_MASK;
if (time_before(auth->au_nextgc, jiffies))
rpcauth_gc_credcache(auth);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
struct rpc_cred **q, *cr;
int nr;
- nr = (cred->cr_uid % RPC_CREDCACHE_NR);
+ nr = (cred->cr_uid & RPC_CREDCACHE_MASK);
q = &auth->au_credcache[nr];
while ((cr = *q) != NULL) {
if (cred == cr) {
diff -u --recursive --new-file linux-2.2.18pre15/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c
linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c
--- linux-2.2.18pre15/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c Fri Oct 13 11:00:34 2000
+++ linux-2.2.18pre15_fixed/net/sunrpc/auth_null.c Fri Oct 13 11:02:32 2000
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
return NULL;
cred->cr_count = 0;
cred->cr_flags = RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE;
+ cred->cr_uid = current->uid;
return cred;
}
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