[PATCH 72/93] b43: stop format string leaking into error msgs

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Tue Jun 18 11:43:20 UTC 2013


3.5.7.15 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>

commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream.

The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered,
and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates
ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err()
parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware,
this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation.

CVE-2013-2852

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index f8fd420..5b349da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ static void b43_request_firmware(struct work_struct *work)
 	for (i = 0; i < B43_NR_FWTYPES; i++) {
 		errmsg = ctx->errors[i];
 		if (strlen(errmsg))
-			b43err(dev->wl, errmsg);
+			b43err(dev->wl, "%s", errmsg);
 	}
 	b43_print_fw_helptext(dev->wl, 1);
 	goto out;
-- 
1.8.1.2





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