Re: [PATCH] PCI: prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Wed Oct 07 2015 - 12:05:11 EST


On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 10:07:33AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > On 10/06/2015 03:36 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >> Hi Sasha,
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 05:49:29PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >>> Commit 63692df1 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs") didn't check that
> >>> the numa node provided by userspace is valid. Passing a node number too high
> >>> would attempt to access invalid memory and trigger a kernel panic.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: 63692df1 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs")
> >>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 2 +-
> >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> >>> index 312f23a..e9abca8 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> >>> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static ssize_t numa_node_store(struct device *dev,
> >>> if (ret)
> >>> return ret;
> >>>
> >>> - if (!node_online(node))
> >>> + if (node > MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(node))
> >>
> >> This needs to be "node >= MAX_NUMNODES", doesn't it? I'll fix it up if
> >> you agree.
>
> Yup, you're right.

OK, applied to for-linus for v4.3 as follows. Thanks a lot, Sasha!


commit 0f7b9ad7477f7ce9b30e9ab0048f6e726f11a08a
Author: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Oct 4 17:49:29 2015 -0400

PCI: Prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override

63692df103e9 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs") didn't check that
the numa node provided by userspace is valid. Passing a node number too
high would attempt to access invalid memory and trigger a kernel panic.

Fixes: 63692df103e9 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.19+

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 312f23a..9261868 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static ssize_t numa_node_store(struct device *dev,
if (ret)
return ret;

- if (!node_online(node))
+ if (node >= MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(node))
return -EINVAL;

add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
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