From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/7] lib/iov_iter: fix bugs found via cross-function consistency review
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:10:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313181038.30018-1-objecting@objecting.org> (raw)
A systematic review of lib/iov_iter.c checking that each iterator type
is handled consistently across all functions turned up seven issues:
- Two can cause kernel oops: a missing allocation failure check in
iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages() (NULL deref under memory pressure), and
a missing NULL check in iov_iter_folioq_revert() (NULL deref when
reverting past the head of a folio_queue chain).
- Two return wrong values for partially consumed iterators:
iov_iter_single_seg_count() ignores iov_offset for folioq, and
iov_iter_gap_alignment() ignores iov_offset for the first iovec
segment.
- One fires a spurious WARN_ON_ONCE for kvec iterators in
iov_iter_restore() due to a misplaced parenthesis.
- One can read out of bounds: iov_iter_alignment_iovec/bvec enter
their do-while loops unconditionally even when count is zero.
- One is a testing gap: copy_to_user_iter_mc() lacks the
should_fail_usercopy() check present in all other copy helpers.
All found through code review; no runtime failures were needed to
discover them. Each patch is independent and can be applied
separately.
Josh Law (7):
lib/iov_iter: fix missing allocation failure check in
iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages()
lib/iov_iter: add NULL check on folioq->prev in
iov_iter_folioq_revert()
lib/iov_iter: fix misplaced parenthesis in iov_iter_restore() kvec
check
lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_single_seg_count()
folioq path
lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_gap_alignment()
lib/iov_iter: guard iov_iter_alignment() against zero-count iovec/bvec
iterators
lib/iov_iter: add missing should_fail_usercopy() in
copy_to_user_iter_mc()
lib/iov_iter.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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2.34.1
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-13 18:10 Josh Law [this message]
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 1/7] lib/iov_iter: fix missing allocation failure check in iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages() Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:16 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-03-13 18:20 ` Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:22 ` Caleb Sander Mateos
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 2/7] lib/iov_iter: add NULL check on folioq->prev in iov_iter_folioq_revert() Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 3/7] lib/iov_iter: fix misplaced parenthesis in iov_iter_restore() kvec check Josh Law
2026-03-23 12:39 ` Christian Brauner
2026-03-23 15:16 ` Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 4/7] lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_single_seg_count() folioq path Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 5/7] lib/iov_iter: account for iov_offset in iov_iter_gap_alignment() Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 6/7] lib/iov_iter: guard iov_iter_alignment() against zero-count iovec/bvec iterators Josh Law
2026-03-13 18:10 ` [PATCH 7/7] lib/iov_iter: add missing should_fail_usercopy() in copy_to_user_iter_mc() Josh Law
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