linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V2][next] mm: selftests: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 16:21:23 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2][next] mm: selftests: fix potential integer overflow
 on shift of a int

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 06:05:30PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The left shift of the int mapped is evaluated using 32 bit arithmetic
> and then assigned to an unsigned long. In the case where mapped is
> 0x80000 when PAGE_SHIFT is 12 will lead to the upper bits being
> sign extended in the unsigned long. Larger values can lead to an
> int overflow. Avoid this by making mapped an unsigned long.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Uninitentional integer overflow")
> Fixes: 8b2a105c3794 ("mm: selftests for exclusive device memory")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
> 
> V2: Make mapped an unsigned long rather than casting it to unsigned long

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason