[libvirt] [PATCH] proxy: Fix use of uninitalized memory

[Jim Meyering]

"Rasputin" <rasputin at email.ru> wrote:
> On short read, members of packet header are checked before actually read.
> If uninitialized values can pass the test, they can be set to arbitrary
> values while reading remaining portion of a packet.
>
> Buffer overflow is possible. libvirt_proxy is suid-root.
>
> diff -urp libvirt-0.5.1/proxy/libvirt_proxy.c libvirt-dev/proxy/libvirt_proxy.c
> --- libvirt-0.5.1/proxy/libvirt_proxy.c 2008-11-20 08:58:43.000000000 +0100
> +++ libvirt-dev/proxy/libvirt_proxy.c   2009-01-25 12:51:33.000000000 +0100
> @@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ retry:
>         fprintf(stderr, "read %d bytes from client %d on socket %d\n",
>                 ret, nr, pollInfos[nr].fd);
>
> -    if ((req->version != PROXY_PROTO_VERSION) ||
> +    if ((ret != sizeof(virProxyPacket)) ||
> +        (req->version != PROXY_PROTO_VERSION) ||
>         (req->len < sizeof(virProxyPacket)) ||
>         (req->len > sizeof(virProxyFullPacket)))
>         goto comm_error;

This looks like a good patch.
Thanks!