Re: [PATCH] drivers: char: mem: Fix thinko in kmem address checks

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jan 04 2017 - 12:20:58 EST


On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 12:45:32PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:37:49AM +0000, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > When borrowing the pfn_valid() check from mmap_kmem(), somebody managed
>
> "sombody"? :)
>
> > to get physical and virtual addresses spectacularly muddled up, such
> > that we've ended up with checks for one being the other. Whilst this
> > does indeed prevent out-of-bounds accesses crashing, on most systems it
> > also prevents the more desirable use-case of working at all ever.
> >
> > Check the *virtual* offset correctly for what it is.
> >
> > Reported-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 148a1bc84398 ("drivers: char: mem: Check {read,write}_kmem() addresses")
> > Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/char/mem.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
> > index 5bb1985ec484..bdc6a4018604 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/mem.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
> > @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static ssize_t read_kmem(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> > char *kbuf; /* k-addr because vread() takes vmlist_lock rwlock */
> > int err = 0;
> >
> > - if (!pfn_valid(PFN_DOWN(p)))
> > + if (!virt_addr_valid(p))
> > return -EIO;
> >
> > read = 0;
> > @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
> > char *kbuf; /* k-addr because vwrite() takes vmlist_lock rwlock */
> > int err = 0;
> >
> > - if (!pfn_valid(PFN_DOWN(p)))
> > + if (!virt_addr_valid(p))
> > return -EIO;
> >
> > if (p < (unsigned long) high_memory) {
>
> Jason, can you verify this fixes your test case?

Well, it fails kbuild testing, so can you try it again?

thanks,

greg k-h