From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: martin.petersen@oracle.com, stefanha@redhat.com,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Cc: hare@suse.de, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+660d079d90f8a1baf54d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] block: add allocation size check in blkdev_pr_read_keys()
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:36:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176598217497.7122.17206763785166141358.b4-ty@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251217014712.35771-1-kartikey406@gmail.com>
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:17:12 +0530, Deepanshu Kartikey wrote:
> blkdev_pr_read_keys() takes num_keys from userspace and uses it to
> calculate the allocation size for keys_info via struct_size(). While
> there is a check for SIZE_MAX (integer overflow), there is no upper
> bound validation on the allocation size itself.
>
> A malicious or buggy userspace can pass a large num_keys value that
> doesn't trigger overflow but still results in an excessive allocation
> attempt, causing a warning in the page allocator when the order exceeds
> MAX_PAGE_ORDER.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] block: add allocation size check in blkdev_pr_read_keys()
commit: a58383fa45c706bda3bf4a1955c3a0327dbec7e7
Best regards,
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-17 14:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-17 1:47 Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-17 14:05 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2025-12-17 14:12 ` Martin K. Petersen
2025-12-17 14:36 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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