linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/kcore.c: Omit kernel text area for hardened usercopy feature

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Date:   Wed, 7 Sep 2016 21:25:59 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/proc/kcore.c: Omit kernel text area for hardened
 usercopy feature

On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 09:58:01AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> -                             n = copy_to_user(buffer, (char *)start, tsz);
> >> +                             buf = kzalloc(tsz, GFP_KERNEL);
> >
> > You have to add some limit and a loop, otherwise a user can eat all kernel memory,
> > or copies > KMALLOC_MAX wouldn't work. Probably only get a single page.
> 
> 'start' and 'tsz' is already chunked to be aligned pages (well, as
> aligned as they can be: the beginning and end obviously won't be).
> Above the loop:
> 
>         if ((tsz = (PAGE_SIZE - (start & ~PAGE_MASK))) > buflen)
>                 tsz = buflen;
> 
> and then inside the loop:
> 
>                 tsz = (buflen > PAGE_SIZE ? PAGE_SIZE : buflen);
> 
> so it's already limited to one page.
> 
> That said, it *might* be worth moving the temporary allocation to the
> top, or even to move it to open_kcore(). It used to be a special case
> for just the vmalloc region, now it's always done.
> 
> So instead of having two different copies of the same special case for
> the two different cases, why not try to unify them and just have one
> common (page-sized) buffer allocation?

ook, sounds good.. will repost soon

jirka