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Message-ID: <201912301402.EF4C0F72E@keescook>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:02:29 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@...har.com>,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] samples/seccomp: Zero out datastructures based on
seccomp_notif_sizes
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:35:03PM -0800, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> The sizes by which seccomp_notif and seccomp_notif_resp are allocated are
> based on the SECCOMP_GET_NOTIF_SIZES ioctl. This allows for graceful
> extension of these datastructures. If userspace zeroes out the
> datastructure based on its version, and it is lagging behind the kernel's
> version, it will end up sending trailing garbage. On the other hand,
> if it is ahead of the kernel version, it will write extra zero space,
> and potentially cause corruption.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@...gun.me>
> Suggested-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Ah, cool. I've rearranged things and split the other patch's samples
changes into this one, etc etc :)
Thanks!
-Kees
> ---
> samples/seccomp/user-trap.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c b/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
> index 3e31ec0cf4a5..20291ec6489f 100644
> --- a/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
> +++ b/samples/seccomp/user-trap.c
> @@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ int main(void)
> resp = malloc(sizes.seccomp_notif_resp);
> if (!resp)
> goto out_req;
> - memset(resp, 0, sizeof(*resp));
> + memset(resp, 0, sizes.seccomp_notif_resp);
>
> while (1) {
> - memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
> + memset(req, 0, sizes.seccomp_notif);
> if (ioctl(listener, SECCOMP_IOCTL_NOTIF_RECV, req)) {
> perror("ioctl recv");
> goto out_resp;
> --
> 2.20.1
>
--
Kees Cook
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