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sysctl: check for UINT_MAX before unsigned int min/max
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Mikulas noticed in the existing do_proc_douintvec_minmax_conv() and
do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv() introduced in this patchset, that they
inconsistently handle overflow and min/max range inputs:

For example:

  0 ... param->min - 1 ---> ERANGE
  param->min ... param->max ---> the value is accepted
  param->max + 1 ... 0x100000000L + param->min - 1 ---> ERANGE
  0x100000000L + param->min ... 0x100000000L + param->max ---> EINVAL
  0x100000000L + param->max + 1, 0x200000000L + param->min - 1 ---> ERANGE
  0x200000000L + param->min ... 0x200000000L + param->max ---> EINVAL
  0x200000000L + param->max + 1, 0x300000000L + param->min - 1 ---> ERANGE

In do_proc_do*() routines which store values into unsigned int variables
(4 bytes wide for 64-bit builds), first validate that the input unsigned
long value (8 bytes wide for 64-bit builds) will fit inside the smaller
unsigned int variable.  Then check that the unsigned int value falls
inside the specified parameter min, max range.  Otherwise the unsigned
long -> unsigned int conversion drops leading bits from the input value,
leading to the inconsistent pattern Mikulas documented above.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mikulas Patocka <[email protected]>
Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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joe-lawrence authored and torvalds committed Nov 18, 2017
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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions kernel/sysctl.c
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Expand Up @@ -2576,12 +2576,13 @@ static int do_proc_douintvec_minmax_conv(unsigned long *lvalp,
if (write) {
unsigned int val = *lvalp;

if (*lvalp > UINT_MAX)
return -EINVAL;

if ((param->min && *param->min > val) ||
(param->max && *param->max < val))
return -ERANGE;

if (*lvalp > UINT_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
*valp = val;
} else {
unsigned int val = *valp;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2632,17 +2633,18 @@ static int do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv(unsigned long *lvalp,
struct do_proc_dopipe_max_size_conv_param *param = data;

if (write) {
unsigned int val = round_pipe_size(*lvalp);
unsigned int val;

if (*lvalp > UINT_MAX)
return -EINVAL;

val = round_pipe_size(*lvalp);
if (val == 0)
return -EINVAL;

if (param->min && *param->min > val)
return -ERANGE;

if (*lvalp > UINT_MAX)
return -EINVAL;

*valp = val;
} else {
unsigned int val = *valp;
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