skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
skb->transport_header = skb->network_header;
- err = memcpy_fromiovecend((void *)iph, from, 0, length);
- if (err)
- goto error_fault;
+ err = -EFAULT;
+ if (memcpy_fromiovecend((void *)iph, from, 0, length))
+ goto error_free;
- /* We don't modify invalid header */
iphlen = iph->ihl * 4;
- if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph) && iphlen <= length) {
+
+ /*
+ * We don't want to modify the ip header, but we do need to
+ * be sure that it won't cause problems later along the network
+ * stack. Specifically we want to make sure that iph->ihl is a
+ * sane value. If ihl points beyond the length of the buffer passed
+ * in, reject the frame as invalid
+ */
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ if (iphlen > length)
+ goto error_free;
+
+ if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph)) {
if (!iph->saddr)
iph->saddr = rt->rt_src;
iph->check = 0;
out:
return 0;
-error_fault:
- err = -EFAULT;
+error_free:
kfree_skb(skb);
error:
IP_INC_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);