[patch] x86: avoid dereferencing beyond stack + THREAD_SIZE

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Oct 07 2008 - 17:16:21 EST


It's possible for get_wchan() to dereference past task->stack + THREAD_SIZE
while iterating through instruction pointers if fp equals the upper boundary,
causing a kernel panic.

Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -729,12 +729,12 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p)
if (!p || p == current || p->state==TASK_RUNNING)
return 0;
stack = (unsigned long)task_stack_page(p);
- if (p->thread.sp < stack || p->thread.sp > stack+THREAD_SIZE)
+ if (p->thread.sp < stack || p->thread.sp >= stack+THREAD_SIZE)
return 0;
fp = *(u64 *)(p->thread.sp);
do {
if (fp < (unsigned long)stack ||
- fp > (unsigned long)stack+THREAD_SIZE)
+ fp >= (unsigned long)stack+THREAD_SIZE)
return 0;
ip = *(u64 *)(fp+8);
if (!in_sched_functions(ip))
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