Re: [PATCH] sysctl: fix min/max handling in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax()

["Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:04:18AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>Le lundi 04 octobre 2010 à 03:59 -0500, Robin Holt a écrit :
>> On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 03:17:49PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> > When proc_doulongvec_minmax() is used with an array of longs,
>> > and no min/max check requested (.extra1 or .extra2 being NULL), we
>> > dereference a NULL pointer for the second element of the array.
>> > 
>> > Noticed while doing some changes in network stack for the "16TB problem"
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>> > ---
>> >  kernel/sysctl.c |    3 ++-
>> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
>> > index f88552c..4fba86d 100644
>> > --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
>> > +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
>> > @@ -2500,7 +2500,8 @@ static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table, int
>> >  				break;
>> >  			if (neg)
>> >  				continue;
>> > -			if ((min && val < *min) || (max && val > *max))
>> > +			if ((table->extra1 && val < *min) ||
>> > +			    (table->extra2 && val > *max))
>> 
>> How about changing:
>>         for (; left && vleft--; i++, min++, max++, first=0) {
>> into:
>>         for (; left && vleft--; i++, min = min ? min + 1 : NULL, max = max ? max + 1: NULL, first=0) {
>> 
>> That would make min and max correct and reduce the chances somebody in
>> the future overlooks the fact they are currently filled with garbage.
>
>I prefer my solution, because the check is done only in the 'write'
>case, while its done also for 'read' in your solution, not counting the
>for (;;) is really ugly...
>

Sorry, I still don't get the point here, min and max
are pointers, they are already checked before dereferenced.
After your patch, min and max will be still increased, while
you are still checking ->extra{1,2} which is wrong.

I see no problem with the original code, or I must have missed something?