@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
#define MPHDRLEN 6 /* multilink protocol header length */
#define MPHDRLEN_SSN 4 /* ditto with short sequence numbers */
+#define PPP_PROTO_LEN 2
+
/*
* An instance of /dev/ppp can be associated with either a ppp
* interface unit or a ppp channel. In both cases, file->private_data
@@ -501,6 +503,9 @@ static ssize_t ppp_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (!pf)
return -ENXIO;
+ /* All PPP packets should start with the 2-byte protocol */
+ if (count < PPP_PROTO_LEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
ret = -ENOMEM;
skb = alloc_skb(count + pf->hdrlen, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!skb)
@@ -1564,7 +1569,7 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
}
++ppp->stats64.tx_packets;
- ppp->stats64.tx_bytes += skb->len - 2;
+ ppp->stats64.tx_bytes += skb->len - PPP_PROTO_LEN;
switch (proto) {
case PPP_IP: