linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: don't return bogus Sg

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]

Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 10:03:27 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux SCSI Mailinglist <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: don't return bogus Sg_requests

On 05/10/2017 09:53 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> If the list search in sg_get_rq_mark() fails to find a valid request, we
> return a bogus element. This then can later lead to a GPF in sg_remove_scat().
> 
> So don't return bogus Sg_requests in sg_get_rq_mark() but NULL in case the
> list search doesn't find a valid request.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Cc: Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
> ---
> Changes to v1:
> * Directly return found element within the loop (Hannes)
> 
>  drivers/scsi/sg.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> index 0a38ba01b7b4..82c33a6edbea 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> @@ -2074,11 +2074,12 @@ sg_get_rq_mark(Sg_fd * sfp, int pack_id)
>  		if ((1 == resp->done) && (!resp->sg_io_owned) &&
>  		    ((-1 == pack_id) || (resp->header.pack_id == pack_id))) {
>  			resp->done = 2;	/* guard against other readers */
> -			break;
> +			write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
> +			return resp;
>  		}
>  	}
>  	write_unlock_irqrestore(&sfp->rq_list_lock, iflags);
> -	return resp;
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  /* always adds to end of list */
> 
Better.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
-- 
Dr. Hannes Reinecke		   Teamlead Storage & Networking
hare@...e.de			               +49 911 74053 688
SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton
HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)