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Message-ID: <20121011231016.GA26406@www.outflux.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:10:16 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>,
PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>,
Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] compat: VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE missing error check
The compat ioctl for VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE was missing an error check
while converting ioctl arguments. This could lead to leaking kernel
stack contents into userspace.
Patch extracted from existing fix in grsecurity.
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>
Cc: PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
fs/compat_ioctl.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index f505402..4c6285f 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static int do_video_set_spu_palette(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
err = get_user(palp, &up->palette);
err |= get_user(length, &up->length);
+ if (err)
+ return -EFAULT;
up_native = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(struct video_spu_palette));
err = put_user(compat_ptr(palp), &up_native->palette);
--
1.7.9.5
--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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