[PATCH v4 2/2] sysctl: Fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table

nicolas.bouchinet@clip-os.org posted 2 patches 11 months ago
[PATCH v4 2/2] sysctl: Fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table
Posted by nicolas.bouchinet@clip-os.org 11 months ago
From: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>

Commit 3b3376f222e3 ("sysctl.c: fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table")
fixes underflow value setting risk in vm_table but misses vdso_enabled
sysctl.

vdso_enabled sysctl is initialized with .extra1 value as SYSCTL_ZERO to
avoid negative value writes but the proc_handler is proc_dointvec and
not proc_dointvec_minmax and thus do not uses .extra1 and .extra2.

The following command thus works :

`# echo -1 > /proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled`

This patch properly sets the proc_handler to proc_dointvec_minmax.
In addition to .extra1, .extra2 is set to SYSCTL_ONE. The sysctl is
thus bounded between 0 and 1.

Fixes: 3b3376f222e3 ("sysctl.c: fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c b/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
index d80dd92a483af..1563dcc55fd32 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/vsyscall.c
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ static const struct ctl_table vdso_table[] = {
 		.data		= &vdso_enabled,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(vdso_enabled),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
 };
 
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2.48.1
Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] sysctl: Fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table
Posted by Kees Cook 11 months ago
On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 02:22:09PM +0100, nicolas.bouchinet@clip-os.org wrote:
> From: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>
> 
> Commit 3b3376f222e3 ("sysctl.c: fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table")
> fixes underflow value setting risk in vm_table but misses vdso_enabled
> sysctl.
> 
> vdso_enabled sysctl is initialized with .extra1 value as SYSCTL_ZERO to
> avoid negative value writes but the proc_handler is proc_dointvec and
> not proc_dointvec_minmax and thus do not uses .extra1 and .extra2.
> 
> The following command thus works :
> 
> `# echo -1 > /proc/sys/vm/vdso_enabled`
> 
> This patch properly sets the proc_handler to proc_dointvec_minmax.
> In addition to .extra1, .extra2 is set to SYSCTL_ONE. The sysctl is
> thus bounded between 0 and 1.
> 
> Fixes: 3b3376f222e3 ("sysctl.c: fix underflow value setting risk in vm_table")
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bouchinet <nicolas.bouchinet@ssi.gouv.fr>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>

-- 
Kees Cook