From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
To: audit@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: paul@paul-moore.com, eparis@redhat.com,
Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>,
Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] audit: fix potential integer overflow in audit_log_n_hex()
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 11:04:11 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702140411.1021373-1-rrobaina@redhat.com> (raw)
The function calculates new_len as len << 1 for hex encoding. This
has two overflow risks: the shift itself can overflow when len is
large, and the result can be truncated when assigned to new_len
(declared as int) from the size_t calculation.
Fix by using check_shl_overflow() to catch shift overflow and
changing new_len and loop counter i to size_t to prevent truncation.
Fixes: 168b7173959f ("AUDIT: Clean up logging of untrusted strings")
Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use check_shl_overflow() instead of manual overflow check.
Changes in v3:
- Log "?" before returning when overflow detected.
kernel/audit.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index e1d489bc2dff..52eb3b511bad 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
#include <net/ip.h>
#include <net/ipv6.h>
#include <linux/sctp.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
#include "audit.h"
@@ -2076,7 +2077,8 @@ void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...)
void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab, const unsigned char *buf,
size_t len)
{
- int i, avail, new_len;
+ int avail;
+ size_t i, new_len;
unsigned char *ptr;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2084,9 +2086,15 @@ void audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab, const unsigned char *buf,
return;
BUG_ON(!ab->skb);
+
skb = ab->skb;
avail = skb_tailroom(skb);
- new_len = len<<1;
+
+ if (check_shl_overflow(len, 1, &new_len)) {
+ audit_log_format(ab, "?");
+ return;
+ }
+
if (new_len >= avail) {
/* Round the buffer request up to the next multiple */
new_len = AUDIT_BUFSIZ*(((new_len-avail)/AUDIT_BUFSIZ) + 1);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 14:04 UTC|newest]
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2026-07-02 14:04 Ricardo Robaina [this message]
2026-07-08 18:22 ` [PATCH v3] audit: fix potential integer overflow in audit_log_n_hex() Paul Moore
2026-07-08 18:28 ` Ricardo Robaina
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