Re: [PATCH v3] net: vmw_vsock: vmci: Check memcpy_from_msg()

From: Artem Chernyshev
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 01:52:50 EST


Hi,
On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 11:03:47PM +0000, Vishnu Dasa wrote:
>
> > On Dec 5, 2022, at 3:52 AM, Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > vmci_transport_dgram_enqueue() does not check the return value
> > of memcpy_from_msg(). Return with an error if the memcpy fails.
>
> I think we can add some more information in the description. Sorry, I
> should've said this earlier.
>
> vmci_transport_dgram_enqueue() does not check the return value
> of memcpy_from_msg(). If memcpy_from_msg() fails, it is possible that
> uninitialized memory contents are sent unintentionally instead of user's
> message in the datagram to the destination. Return with an error if
> memcpy_from_msg() fails.
>
> >
> > Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> >
> > Fixes: 0f7db23a07af ("vmci_transport: switch ->enqeue_dgram, ->enqueue_stream and ->dequeue_stream to msghdr")
> > Signed-off-by: Artem Chernyshev <artem.chernyshev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks, Artem! This version looks good to me modulo my suggestion
> about the description above.
>
> Reviewed-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Regards,
> Vishnu
>
No problem, I'll change description in v4

Thanks,
Artem