[PATCH 0/7] lib/iov_iter: fix bugs found via cross-function consistency review
From: Josh Law
Date: Fri Mar 13 2026 - 14:11:23 EST
A systematic review of lib/iov_iter.c checking that each iterator type
is handled consistently across all functions turned up seven issues:
- Two can cause kernel oops: a missing allocation failure check in
iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages() (NULL deref under memory pressure), and
a missing NULL check in iov_iter_folioq_revert() (NULL deref when
reverting past the head of a folio_queue chain).
- Two return wrong values for partially consumed iterators:
iov_iter_single_seg_count() ignores iov_offset for folioq, and
iov_iter_gap_alignment() ignores iov_offset for the first iovec
segment.
- One fires a spurious WARN_ON_ONCE for kvec iterators in
iov_iter_restore() due to a misplaced parenthesis.
- One can read out of bounds: iov_iter_alignment_iovec/bvec enter
their do-while loops unconditionally even when count is zero.
- One is a testing gap: copy_to_user_iter_mc() lacks the
should_fail_usercopy() check present in all other copy helpers.
All found through code review; no runtime failures were needed to
discover them. Each patch is independent and can be applied
separately.
Josh Law (7):
lib/iov_iter: fix missing allocation failure check in
iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages()
lib/iov_iter: add NULL check on folioq->prev in
iov_iter_folioq_revert()
lib/iov_iter: fix misplaced parenthesis in iov_iter_restore() kvec
check
lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_single_seg_count()
folioq path
lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_gap_alignment()
lib/iov_iter: guard iov_iter_alignment() against zero-count iovec/bvec
iterators
lib/iov_iter: add missing should_fail_usercopy() in
copy_to_user_iter_mc()
lib/iov_iter.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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