linux-kernel - [PATCH -stable 4.1 4/4] perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:14:25 +0800
From:   Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>
To:     <alexander.levin@...izon.com>, <peterz@...radead.org>,
        <wangnan0@...wei.com>, <guohanjun@...wei.com>
CC:     <linuxarm@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -stable 4.1 4/4] perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max_percent check

Use "proc_dointvec_minmax" instead of "proc_dointvec" to check the input
value from user-space.

If not, we can set a big value and some vars will overflow like
"sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate" which will cause a lot of unexpected
problems.

Signed-off-by: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487829879-56237-1-git-send-email-tanxiaojun@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 350c45a..5b50b06 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	int ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (ret || !write)
 		return ret;
-- 
1.9.1