linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] zram: avoid access beyond the zram device

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20130605064301.GF8732@blaptop>
Date:	Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:43:01 +0900
From:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
To:	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/10] zram: avoid access beyond the zram device

On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 12:06:04AM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote:
> Function valid_io_request() should verify the entire request doesn't
> exceed the zram device, otherwise it will cause invalid memory access.

Right but you need to explain what invalid memory access is and what's
the result from that to user.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> index 6a54bb9..1c3974f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> @@ -428,6 +428,10 @@ static inline int valid_io_request(struct zram *zram, struct bio *bio)
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (unlikely((bio->bi_sector << SECTOR_SHIFT) + bio->bi_size >=
> +		     zram->disksize))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	/* I/O request is valid */
>  	return 1;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.8.1.2
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/