linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:41:09 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc:     Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        security@...nel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 06:34:10PM +0200, Jann Horn wrote:

> +	char tmp[32];
>  
> -	if (namelen > 32)
> +	if (namelen < 0 || namelen > 32)
>  		namelen = 32;
>  
>  	down_read(&uts_sem);
>  	kname = utsname()->domainname;
>  	len = strnlen(kname, namelen);
> -	if (copy_to_user(name, kname, min(len + 1, namelen)))
> -		err = -EFAULT;
> +	len = min(len + 1, namelen);
> +	memcpy(tmp, kname, len);
>  	up_read(&uts_sem);
>  
> -	return err;
> +	if (copy_to_user(name, tmp, len))
> +		return -EFAULT;

Infoleak, and similar in a lot of other places.