linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check

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Message-Id: <20240222-sysctl-empty-dir-v1-3-45ba9a6352e8@weissschuh.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:07:38 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, 
 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
 Joel Granados <j.granados@...sung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] sysctl: drop now unnecessary out-of-bounds check

The type field is now part of the header so
sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header() can safely be executed even without
any ctl_tables.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index fde7a2f773f0..4cdf98c6a9a4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ static int insert_header(struct ctl_dir *dir, struct ctl_table_header *header)
 		return -EROFS;

 	/* Am I creating a permanently empty directory? */
-	if (header->ctl_table_size > 0 &&
-	    sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
+	if (sysctl_is_perm_empty_ctl_header(header)) {
 		if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&dir->root))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		sysctl_set_perm_empty_ctl_header(dir_h);

-- 
2.43.2