linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: ignore out-of-range taint bits introduced via kernel.tainted

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Message-ID: <20200512223110.GF11244@42.do-not-panic.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 22:31:10 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        yzaikin@...gle.com, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: ignore out-of-range taint bits
 introduced via kernel.tainted

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 01:46:53PM -0400, Rafael Aquini wrote:
> The sysctl knob allows users with SYS_ADMIN capability to
> taint the kernel with any arbitrary value, but this might
> produce an invalid flags bitset being committed to tainted_mask.
> 
> This patch introduces a simple way for proc_taint() to ignore
> any eventual invalid bit coming from the user input before
> committing those bits to the kernel tainted_mask.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>

  Luis