linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 02/23] perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max

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Message-Id: <20180514064704.147242899@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 08:48:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 02/23] perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max_percent check

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tan Xiaojun <tanxiaojun@...wei.com>

commit 1572e45a924f254d9570093abde46430c3172e3d upstream.

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>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/events/core.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler(st
 				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;