From: Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: [PATCH]: 4/4GB: Incorrect bound check in do_getname()
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:26:56 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <419392D0.3050102@sw.ru> (raw)
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This patch fixes incorrect address range check in do_getname().
Theoretically this can lead to do_getname() failure on kernel
address space string on the TASK_SIZE boundary addresses when
4GB split is ON.
Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru>
Kirill
P.S. These 4GB split patches are against modified 2.6.8.1 kernel, but
should be appliable to last Fedora kernels
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--- linux-2.6.8.1.test/fs/namei.c.tasksize 2003-08-28 21:38:41.000000000 +0400
+++ linux-2.6.8.1.test/fs/namei.c 2003-09-11 16:02:04.000000000 +0400
@@ -106,11 +106,12 @@
int retval;
unsigned long len = PATH_MAX;
- if ((unsigned long) filename >= TASK_SIZE) {
- if (!segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
+ if (!segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS)) {
+ if ((unsigned long) filename >= TASK_SIZE)
return -EFAULT;
- } else if (TASK_SIZE - (unsigned long) filename < PATH_MAX)
- len = TASK_SIZE - (unsigned long) filename;
+ if (TASK_SIZE - (unsigned long) filename < PATH_MAX)
+ len = TASK_SIZE - (unsigned long) filename;
+ }
retval = strncpy_from_user((char *)page, filename, len);
if (retval > 0) {
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