dccp: check ccid before dereferencing

ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt() and ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt() might be called with a NULL ccid pointer leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could lead to a privilege escalation if the attacker is able to map page 0 and prepare it with a fake ccid_ops pointer. Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <[email protected]> Cc: Gerrit Renker <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Owersun · Aug 16, 2012 · 276bdb8 · 276bdb8
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commit 276bdb8
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/net/dccp/ccid.h b/net/dccp/ccid.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static inline int ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt(struct ccid *ccid, struct sock *sk,
 					u32 __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-	if (ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt != NULL)
+	if (ccid != NULL && ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt != NULL)
 		rc = ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_rx_getsockopt(sk, optname, len,
 						 optval, optlen);
 	return rc;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static inline int ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt(struct ccid *ccid, struct sock *sk,
 					u32 __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
 {
 	int rc = -ENOPROTOOPT;
-	if (ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt != NULL)
+	if (ccid != NULL && ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt != NULL)
 		rc = ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_getsockopt(sk, optname, len,
 						 optval, optlen);
 	return rc;