linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] fix race in drivers/char/random.c:get

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 17:42:28 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] fix race in drivers/char/random.c:get_reg()

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 07:49:21PM +1200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> get_reg() can be reentered on architectures with prioritized interrupts
> (m68k in this case), causing f->reg_index to be incremented after the
> range check. Out of bounds memory access past the pt_regs struct results.
> This will go mostly undetected unless access is beyond end of memory.
> 
> Prevent the race by disabling interrupts in get_reg().
> 
> Tested on m68k (Atari Falcon, and ARAnyM emulator).
> 
> Kudos to Geert Uytterhoeven for helping to trace this race.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.  It will go to Linus shortly.

		     	     	- Ted