ima: Check for ERR_PTR from dentry_path() in validate_hash_algo()
From: Bradley Morgan
Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 13:43:38 EST
From: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8861f6d5c0678a7c5089c7b272509fc5931b8437 upstream.
dentry_path() returns ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG) when the path exceeds the
buffer. validate_hash_algo() passes the result straight to
integrity_audit_msg() without checking. ERR_PTR is not NULL, so
integrity_audit_message() sees a valid pointer and calls strlen() on
it, which faults:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffffffffdc
RIP: 0010:strlen+0x30/0xa0
Call Trace:
audit_log_untrustedstring+0x19/0x30
integrity_audit_message+0x366/0x4f0
ima_inode_setxattr+0x512/0x5f0
Check for IS_ERR() and use NULL instead, which makes the audit message
skip the name= field instead of crashing.
Fixes: 4f2946aa0c45 ("IMA: introduce a new policy option func=SETXATTR_CHECK")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: syzbot+5ebeb3089ea6439c37be@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a8f89e5.1d9ded08.62e62.00bf.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static int validate_hash_algo(struct den
return -EACCES;
path = dentry_path(dentry, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
+ if (IS_ERR(path))
+ path = NULL;
integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_DATA, d_inode(dentry), path,
"set_data", errmsg, -EACCES, 0);
>Thanks,
>
>Mathieu
>
>>
>>
>>> Fixes: 6357ec235c59 ("hazptrtorture: Fix hazptr ownership issue")
>>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <yi1.lai@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Closes:
>https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202608130915.62b53936-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: <rcu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: <lkmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> include/linux/hazptr.h | 4 +++-
>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/hazptr.h b/include/linux/hazptr.h
>>> index 43122c5673bd..d1670121947a 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/hazptr.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/hazptr.h
>>> @@ -160,10 +160,12 @@ void hazptr_detach(struct hazptr_ctx *ctx)
>>> struct hazptr_slot *slot;
>>>
>>> guard(preempt)();
>>> + slot = ctx->slot;
>>> + if (!slot->addr)
>>> + return;
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_HAZPTR_DEBUG
>>> ctx->detach_task = ctx->detach_cpu = true;
>>> #endif
>>> - slot = ctx->slot;
>>> if (unlikely(hazptr_slot_is_backup(ctx, slot)))
>>> return;
>>> hazptr_promote_to_backup_slot(ctx, slot);
>>>
>>
>> --- Thanks!
>>
>https://lore.kernel.org/all/EE579805-42F2-4C58-B752-F28779EEB717@xxxxxxxxx/
>
>
>
--- Thanks!
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