linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 024/305] x86/corruption-check: Fix panic in memory_corruption_check() when boot option without value is provided

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Message-ID: <lsq.1549201508.841460751@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "He Zhe" <zhe.he@...driver.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        kstewart@...uxfoundation.org,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>, pombredanne@...b.com
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 024/305] x86/corruption-check: Fix panic in
 memory_corruption_check() when boot option without value is provided

3.16.63-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>

commit ccde460b9ae5c2bd5e4742af0a7f623c2daad566 upstream.

memory_corruption_check[{_period|_size}]()'s handlers do not check input
argument before passing it to kstrtoul() or simple_strtoull(). The argument
would be a NULL pointer if each of the kernel parameters, without its
value, is set in command line and thus cause the following panic.

PANIC: early exception 0xe3 IP 10:ffffffff73587c22 error 0 cr2 0x0
[    0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.18-rc8+ #2
[    0.000000] RIP: 0010:kstrtoull+0x2/0x10
...
[    0.000000] Call Trace
[    0.000000]  ? set_corruption_check+0x21/0x49
[    0.000000]  ? do_early_param+0x4d/0x82
[    0.000000]  ? parse_args+0x212/0x330
[    0.000000]  ? rdinit_setup+0x26/0x26
[    0.000000]  ? parse_early_options+0x20/0x23
[    0.000000]  ? rdinit_setup+0x26/0x26
[    0.000000]  ? parse_early_param+0x2d/0x39
[    0.000000]  ? setup_arch+0x2f7/0xbf4
[    0.000000]  ? start_kernel+0x5e/0x4c2
[    0.000000]  ? load_ucode_bsp+0x113/0x12f
[    0.000000]  ? secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0

This patch adds checks to prevent the panic.

Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@...driver.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: kstewart@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: pombredanne@...b.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1534260823-87917-1-git-send-email-zhe.he@windriver.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/check.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/check.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/check.c
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ static __init int set_corruption_check(c
 	ssize_t ret;
 	unsigned long val;
 
+	if (!arg) {
+		pr_err("memory_corruption_check config string not provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ret = kstrtoul(arg, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -44,6 +49,11 @@ static __init int set_corruption_check_p
 	ssize_t ret;
 	unsigned long val;
 
+	if (!arg) {
+		pr_err("memory_corruption_check_period config string not provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ret = kstrtoul(arg, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -58,6 +68,11 @@ static __init int set_corruption_check_s
 	char *end;
 	unsigned size;
 
+	if (!arg) {
+		pr_err("memory_corruption_check_size config string not provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	size = memparse(arg, &end);
 
 	if (*end == '\0')