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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] evm: fix TOCTOU heap OOB in protected xattr reads
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 23:13:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-203376@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107230514.1108379-2-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>

> ima_eventinodexattrs_init_common() queries the total size of protected
> xattrs, allocates that amount, and calls evm_read_protected_xattrs()
> again to fill the buffer. This creates a TOCTOU window: if the
> protected xattr changes between the two calls to
> evm_read_protected_xattrs(), names and lengths are written without
> checking whether the data still fits in the target buffer. This can
> yield an OOB heap write that KASAN reports as:
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in evm_read_protected_xattrs+0x15e/0x280
>   Write of size 20 at addr ffff888002c59bcd by task init/62
> 
> Reject fields that no longer fit in the target buffer. For xattr
> values, also check the length returned by the copy before accounting it.
> This also handles the case where a size of 0 is treated as a length
> query.
> 
> Fixes: 8314b6732ae4e ("ima: Define new template fields xattrnames, xattrlengths and xattrvalues")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.

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  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-07 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 23:05 [PATCH v2] evm: fix TOCTOU heap OOB in protected xattr reads Jérémy Jean
2026-11-07 23:13 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-09  9:07 ` Roberto Sassu
2026-11-09 20:05   ` Jérémy Jean
2026-11-10  8:28     ` Roberto Sassu

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