linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/14] fs: don't change the address limit for ->write_iter in __kernel

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 07:57:36 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/14] fs: don't change the address limit for
 ->write_iter in __kernel_write

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:00:52PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 07:40:38AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > If we write to a file that implements ->write_iter there is no need
> > to change the address limit if we send a kvec down.  Implement that
> > case, and prefer it over using plain ->write with a changed address
> > limit if available.
> 
> Umm...  It needs a comment along the lines of "weird shits like
> /dev/sg that currently check for uaccess_kernel() will just
> have to make sure they never switch to ->write_iter()"

sg and hid has the uaccess_kernel because it accesses userspace memory not
in the range passed to it.  Something using write_iter/read_iter should
never access any memory outside the iter passed to.  rdma has it because
it uses write as a bidirectional interface, which obviously can't work at
all with an iter.  So I'm not sure what we should comment on, but if
you have a desire and a proposal for a comment I'll happily add it.