linux-kernel - [ 088/153] posix-timer: Dont call idr

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Date:	Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:38:35 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [ 088/153] posix-timer: Dont call idr_find() with out-of-range ID

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

commit e182bb38d7db7494fa5dcd82da17fe0dedf60ecf upstream.

When idr_find() was fed a negative ID, it used to look up the ID
ignoring the sign bit before recent ("idr: remove MAX_IDR_MASK and
move left MAX_IDR_* into idr.c") patch. Now a negative ID triggers
a WARN_ON_ONCE().

__lock_timer() feeds timer_id from userland directly to idr_find()
without sanitizing it which can trigger the above malfunctions.  Add a
range check on @timer_id before invoking idr_find() in __lock_timer().

While timer_t is defined as int by all archs at the moment, Andrew
worries that it may be defined as a larger type later on.  Make the
test cover larger integers too so that it at least is guaranteed to
not return the wrong timer.

Note that WARN_ON_ONCE() in idr_find() on id < 0 is transitional
precaution while moving away from ignoring MSB.  Once it's gone we can
remove the guard as long as timer_t isn't larger than int.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>nnn
Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130220232412.GL3570@htj.dyndns.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/posix-timers.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -639,6 +639,13 @@ static struct k_itimer *__lock_timer(tim
 {
 	struct k_itimer *timr;

+	/*
+	 * timer_t could be any type >= int and we want to make sure any
+	 * @timer_id outside positive int range fails lookup.
+	 */
+	if ((unsigned long long)timer_id > INT_MAX)
+		return NULL;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	timr = idr_find(&posix_timers_id, (int)timer_id);
 	if (timr) {

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