linux-kernel - [tip: x86/kaslr] x86/kaslr: Add a check that the random address is in range

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Message-ID: <159675713045.3192.895736711102672509.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:38:50 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: x86/kaslr] x86/kaslr: Add a check that the random address is in range

The following commit has been merged into the x86/kaslr branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     f49236ae424d499d02ee3ce35fb9130ddf95b03f
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/f49236ae424d499d02ee3ce35fb9130ddf95b03f
Author:        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:57:22 -04:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:08:17 +02:00

x86/kaslr: Add a check that the random address is in range

Check in find_random_phys_addr() that the chosen address is inside the
range that was required.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200728225722.67457-22-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
index 80cdd20..735fcb2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ static void process_e820_entries(unsigned long minimum,
 static unsigned long find_random_phys_addr(unsigned long minimum,
 					   unsigned long image_size)
 {
+	u64 phys_addr;
+
 	/* Bail out early if it's impossible to succeed. */
 	if (minimum + image_size > mem_limit)
 		return 0;
@@ -816,7 +818,15 @@ static unsigned long find_random_phys_addr(unsigned long minimum,
 	if (!process_efi_entries(minimum, image_size))
 		process_e820_entries(minimum, image_size);
 
-	return slots_fetch_random();
+	phys_addr = slots_fetch_random();
+
+	/* Perform a final check to make sure the address is in range. */
+	if (phys_addr < minimum || phys_addr + image_size > mem_limit) {
+		warn("Invalid physical address chosen!\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return (unsigned long)phys_addr;
 }
 
 static unsigned long find_random_virt_addr(unsigned long minimum,