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authorJames Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>2017-05-02 19:41:06 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-05-25 14:18:01 +0200
commit1897f50c52c763e331d0809dddc7dd103d5383df (patch)
tree2622f5c870e2bb4708899c889c64e470f0e8b01b /kernel/fork.c
parent1ee04c4ba6d8b49c9374e176c619d137da2df8c4 (diff)
metag/uaccess: Check access_ok in strncpy_from_user
commit 3a158a62da0673db918b53ac1440845a5b64fd90 upstream. The metag implementation of strncpy_from_user() doesn't validate the src pointer, which could allow reading of arbitrary kernel memory. Add a short access_ok() check to prevent that. Its still possible for it to read across the user/kernel boundary, but it will invariably reach a NUL character after only 9 bytes, leaking only a static kernel address being loaded into D0Re0 at the beginning of __start, which is acceptable for the immediate fix. Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-metag@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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