linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 04/16] device-mapper: Better error message for too-short target spec

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Message-Id: <20230530203116.2008-5-demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 16:31:04 -0400
From:   Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com
Cc:     Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>,
        Marek Marczykowski-Górecki 
        <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/16] device-mapper: Better error message for too-short target spec

Previously the error was "unable to find target", which is not helpful.

Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@...isiblethingslab.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index a1d5fe64e1d0d9d3dcb06924249b89fe661944ab..9f505abba3dc22bffc6acb335c0bf29fec288fd5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1423,9 +1423,6 @@ static int next_target(struct dm_target_spec *last, uint32_t next, void *end,
 	*spec = (struct dm_target_spec *) ((unsigned char *) last + next);
 	*target_params = (char *) (*spec + 1);
 
-	if (*spec < (last + 1))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return invalid_str(*target_params, end);
 }
 
@@ -1451,6 +1448,11 @@ static int populate_table(struct dm_table *table,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < param->target_count; i++) {
+		if (next < sizeof(*spec)) {
+			DMERR("%s: next target spec (offset %u) overlaps 'struct dm_target_spec'",
+			      __func__, next);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		r = next_target(spec, next, end, &spec, &target_params);
 		if (r) {
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab