[PATCH v2 2/3] net/compat: Update msg_control_is_user when setting a kernel pointer

Kevin Brodsky posted 3 patches 2 years, 8 months ago
[PATCH v2 2/3] net/compat: Update msg_control_is_user when setting a kernel pointer
Posted by Kevin Brodsky 2 years, 8 months ago
cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern() is an unusual case w.r.t. how
the kmsg->msg_control* fields are used. The input struct msghdr
holds a pointer to a user buffer, i.e. ksmg->msg_control_user is
active. However, upon success, a kernel pointer is stored in
kmsg->msg_control. kmsg->msg_control_is_user should therefore be
updated accordingly.

Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
---
 net/compat.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 000a2e054d4c..6564720f32b7 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ int cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern(struct msghdr *kmsg, struct sock *sk,
 		goto Einval;
 
 	/* Ok, looks like we made it.  Hook it up and return success. */
+	kmsg->msg_control_is_user = false;
 	kmsg->msg_control = kcmsg_base;
 	kmsg->msg_controllen = kcmlen;
 	return 0;
-- 
2.38.1
Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net/compat: Update msg_control_is_user when setting a kernel pointer
Posted by Christoph Hellwig 2 years, 8 months ago
On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:47:04PM +0100, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
> cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern() is an unusual case w.r.t. how
> the kmsg->msg_control* fields are used. The input struct msghdr
> holds a pointer to a user buffer, i.e. ksmg->msg_control_user is
> active. However, upon success, a kernel pointer is stored in
> kmsg->msg_control. kmsg->msg_control_is_user should therefore be
> updated accordingly.

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>