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From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] x86/vdso: use kstrtouint() to validate vdso= boot parameter
Date: Sun,  7 Jun 2026 17:16:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260607151614.79567-6-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260607151614.79567-5-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

Replace the deprecated simple_strtoul() with kstrtouint() when parsing
the vdso= boot parameter.

simple_strtoul() accepts partial input and silently converts invalid
input to 0. Use kstrtouint() for strict input validation instead and
reject malformed input. Accept only 0 and 1; warn and disable vDSO
support otherwise.

kstrtouint() converts the input string directly to an unsigned int,
avoiding an implicit conversion when assigning to vdso64_enabled.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
index d903bce24f15..b45549cd7acf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vma.c
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ bool arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 static __init int vdso_setup(char *s)
 {
-	vdso64_enabled = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0);
+	if (kstrtouint(s, 0, &vdso64_enabled) || vdso64_enabled > 1) {
+		pr_warn("vdso= values other than 0 and 1 are invalid; vdso disabled\n");
+		vdso64_enabled = 0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("vdso=", vdso_setup);

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-07 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-07 15:16 [PATCH 0/3] x86/vdso: improve vdso=/vdso32= boot parameter validation Thorsten Blum
2026-06-07 15:16 ` Thorsten Blum [this message]
2026-06-07 15:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/vdso: use kstrtouint() to validate vdso32= boot parameter Thorsten Blum
2026-06-07 15:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] Documentation/arch/x86: remove obsolete vdso32=2 compatibility note Thorsten Blum

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