From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
To: syzbot+9a321aea9d851b299486@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: dakr@kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
rafael@kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: prevent writing excessively large files
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:20:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915122018.924041-1-eadavis@sina.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6aa82301.a211d2ce.1a5198.0296.GAE@google.com>
Since atomic_write_len is not configured for sysfs_file_kfops_rw, a large
file write via sysfs_kf_write() may result in an out-of-bounds read when
checking for the null terminator of a string element in the kobject_actions
array within kobject_action_type(), potentially hitting:
BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in kobject_action_type lib/kobject_uevent.c:86 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in kobject_synth_uevent+0x79d/0x7d0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:200
Read of size 1 at addr ffffffff8d72559f by task syz.0.17/5917
Call Trace:
kobject_action_type lib/kobject_uevent.c:86 [inline]
kobject_synth_uevent+0x79d/0x7d0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:200
bus_uevent_store+0x3d/0x90 drivers/base/bus.c:917
bus_attr_store+0x74/0xb0 drivers/base/bus.c:172
sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]
vfs_write+0x6af/0x1050 fs/read_write.c:687
Add atomic_write_len for sysfs_file_kfops_rw and sysfs_file_kfops_wo
properly.
Fixes: f6acf8bb6a40 ("sysfs, kernfs: introduce kernfs_ops")
Reported-by: syzbot+9a321aea9d851b299486@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9a321aea9d851b299486
Tested-by: syzbot+9a321aea9d851b299486@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@sina.com>
---
fs/sysfs/file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index cd5bb0f9fee6..a63130d18680 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -228,10 +228,12 @@ static const struct kernfs_ops sysfs_file_kfops_ro = {
};
static const struct kernfs_ops sysfs_file_kfops_wo = {
+ .atomic_write_len = PAGE_SIZE,
.write = sysfs_kf_write,
};
static const struct kernfs_ops sysfs_file_kfops_rw = {
+ .atomic_write_len = PAGE_SIZE,
.seq_show = sysfs_kf_seq_show,
.write = sysfs_kf_write,
};
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-15 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-14 16:38 [syzbot] [kernel?] KASAN: global-out-of-bounds Read in bus_uevent_store syzbot
2026-09-15 11:00 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-09-15 11:22 ` syzbot
2026-09-15 11:24 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-09-15 12:06 ` syzbot
2026-09-15 12:20 ` Edward Adam Davis [this message]
2026-09-16 7:17 ` [PATCH] sysfs: prevent writing excessively large files Greg KH
2026-09-16 10:19 ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-09-16 17:44 ` Greg KH
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