Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs/sysctl: fix potential page fault while unregistering sysctl table

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Danilo Krummrich
<danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not take currently unregistering
> sysctl tables into account, which might result into a page fault in
> sysctl_follow_link() - add a check to fix it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v2: removed empty line between between sysctl_head_grab and IS_ERR

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index c5cbbdff3c3d..82ac5f682b73 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -707,7 +707,10 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
>                                     struct ctl_table *table)
>  {
>         bool ret = true;
> +
>         head = sysctl_head_grab(head);
> +       if (IS_ERR(head))
> +               return false;
>
>         if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
>                 /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
> --
> 2.14.1
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security