linux-kernel - Should the return value of the copy_from

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <ZuEL6LhQ8bszGRdk@iZbp1asjb3cy8ks0srf007Z>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:18:00 +0800
From: Qianqiang Liu <qianqiang.liu@....com>
To: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Should the return value of the copy_from_sockptr be checked?

Hi,

Should the return value of the copy_from_sockptr in net/socket.c be checked?
The following patch may solve this problem:

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 0a2bd22ec105..6b9a414d01d5 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2370,8 +2370,11 @@ int do_sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, bool compat, int level,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!compat)
-		copy_from_sockptr(&max_optlen, optlen, sizeof(int));
+	if (!compat) {
+		err = copy_from_sockptr(&max_optlen, optlen, sizeof(int));
+		if (err)
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	ops = READ_ONCE(sock->ops);
 	if (level == SOL_SOCKET) {

-- 
Best,
Qianqiang Liu