[PATCH v2 1/3] fanotify: Ensure consistent variable type for response

From: Richard Guy Briggs
Date: Thu Apr 28 2022 - 20:45:56 EST


The user space API for the response variable is __u32. This patch makes
sure that the whole path through the kernel uses __u32 so that there is
no sign extension or truncation of the user space response.

Suggested-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/12617626.uLZWGnKmhe@x2
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aa98a3ad00666a6fc0ce411755de4a1a60f5c0cd.1651174324.git.rgb@xxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h | 2 +-
fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
index a3d5b751cac5..70acfd497771 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ FANOTIFY_PE(struct fanotify_event *event)
struct fanotify_perm_event {
struct fanotify_event fae;
struct path path;
- unsigned short response; /* userspace answer to the event */
+ __u32 response; /* userspace answer to the event */
unsigned short state; /* state of the event */
int fd; /* fd we passed to userspace for this event */
};
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 9b32b76a9c30..694516470660 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static int create_fd(struct fsnotify_group *group, struct path *path,
*/
static void finish_permission_event(struct fsnotify_group *group,
struct fanotify_perm_event *event,
- unsigned int response)
+ __u32 response)
__releases(&group->notification_lock)
{
bool destroy = false;
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ static int process_access_response(struct fsnotify_group *group,
{
struct fanotify_perm_event *event;
int fd = response_struct->fd;
- int response = response_struct->response;
+ __u32 response = response_struct->response;

- pr_debug("%s: group=%p fd=%d response=%d\n", __func__, group,
+ pr_debug("%s: group=%p fd=%d response=%u\n", __func__, group,
fd, response);
/*
* make sure the response is valid, if invalid we do nothing and either
--
2.27.0