linux-kernel - Re: usercopy whitelist woe in scsi_sense

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Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2018 16:47:12 -0400
From:   Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
Cc:     David Windsor <dave@...lcore.net>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: usercopy whitelist woe in scsi_sense_cache

On 2018-04-04 04:32 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 12:07 PM, Oleksandr Natalenko
> <oleksandr@...alenko.name> wrote:
>> [  261.262135] Bad or missing usercopy whitelist? Kernel memory exposure
>> attempt detected from SLUB object 'scsi_sense_cache' (offset 94, size 22)!
>> I can easily reproduce it with a qemu VM and 2 virtual SCSI disks by calling
>> smartctl in a loop and doing some usual background I/O. The warning is
>> triggered within 3 minutes or so (not instantly).
> 
> Also:
> 
> Can you send me your .config? What SCSI drivers are you using in the
> VM and on the real server?
> 
> Are you able to see what ioctl()s smartctl is issuing? I'll try to
> reproduce this on my end...

smartctl -r scsiioctl,3 ....