linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] proc_sysctl: fix oops caused by incorrect command parameters.

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Message-ID: <20210108023339.55917-1-nixiaoming@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 Jan 2021 10:33:39 +0800
From:   Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        <keescook@...omium.org>, <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        <adobriyan@...il.com>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <vbabka@...e.cz>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <mhocko@...e.com>
CC:     <nixiaoming@...wei.com>, <wangle6@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] proc_sysctl: fix oops caused by incorrect command parameters.

The process_sysctl_arg() does not check whether val is empty before
 invoking strlen(val). If the command line parameter () is incorrectly
 configured and val is empty, oops is triggered.

For example, "hung_task_panic=1" is incorrectly written as "hung_task_panic".

log:
	Kernel command line: .... hung_task_panic
	....
	[000000000000000n] user address but active_mm is swapper
	Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] SMP
	Modules linked in:
	CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.10.1 #1
	Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
	pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
	pc : __pi_strlen+0x10/0x98
	lr : process_sysctl_arg+0x1e4/0x2ac
	sp : ffffffc01104bd40
	x29: ffffffc01104bd40 x28: 0000000000000000
	x27: ffffff80c0a4691e x26: ffffffc0102a7c8c
	x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffffc01104be80
	x23: ffffff80c22f0b00 x22: ffffff80c02e28c0
	x21: ffffffc0109f9000 x20: 0000000000000000
	x19: ffffffc0107c08de x18: 0000000000000003
	x17: ffffffc01105d000 x16: 0000000000000054
	x15: ffffffffffffffff x14: 3030253078413830
	x13: 000000000000ffff x12: 0000000000000000
	x11: 0101010101010101 x10: 0000000000000005
	x9 : 0000000000000003 x8 : ffffff80c0980c08
	x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000002
	x5 : ffffff80c0235000 x4 : ffffff810f7c7ee0
	x3 : 000000000000043a x2 : 00bdcc4ebacf1a54
	x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000
	Call trace:
	 __pi_strlen+0x10/0x98
	 parse_args+0x278/0x344
	 do_sysctl_args+0x8c/0xfc
	 kernel_init+0x5c/0xf4
	 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
	Code: b200c3eb 927cec01 f2400c07 54000301 (a8c10c22)

Fixes: 3db978d480e2843 ("kernel/sysctl: support setting sysctl parameters
 from kernel command line")
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@...wei.com>

---------
v2:
   Added log output of the failure branch based on the review comments of Kees Cook.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201224074256.117413-1-nixiaoming@huawei.com/
---------
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 317899222d7f..dc1a56515e86 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1757,6 +1757,11 @@ static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
 	loff_t pos = 0;
 	ssize_t wret;
 
+	if (!val) {
+		pr_err("Missing param value! Expected '%s=...value...'\n", param);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (strncmp(param, "sysctl", sizeof("sysctl") - 1) == 0) {
 		param += sizeof("sysctl") - 1;
 
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