[PATCH] fs: fix possible Spectre V1 indexing in __close_fd()

From: Greg Hackmann
Date: Mon Sep 24 2018 - 14:16:34 EST


__close_fd() is reachable via the close() syscall with a
userspace-controlled fd. Ensure that it can't be used to speculatively
access past the end of current->fdt.

Reported-by: Omer Tripp <trippo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 7ffd6e9d103d..a80cf82be96b 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>

unsigned int sysctl_nr_open __read_mostly = 1024*1024;
unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min = BITS_PER_LONG;
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
fdt = files_fdtable(files);
if (fd >= fdt->max_fds)
goto out_unlock;
+ fd = array_index_nospec(fd, fdt->max_fds);
file = fdt->fd[fd];
if (!file)
goto out_unlock;
--
2.19.0.397.gdd90340f6a-goog