irda: Only insert new objects into the global database via setsockopt
The irda_setsockopt() function conditionally allocates memory for a new self->ias_object or, in some cases, reuses the existing self->ias_object. Existing objects were incorrectly reinserted into the LM_IAS database which corrupted the doubly linked list used for the hashbin implementation of the LM_IAS database. When combined with a memory leak in irda_bind(), this issue could be leveraged to create a use-after-free vulnerability in the hashbin list. This patch fixes the issue by only inserting newly allocated objects into the database. CVE-2018-6555 Fixes: 1da177e4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by:Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com> Reviewed-by:
Seth Arnold <seth.arnold@canonical.com> Reviewed-by:
Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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