From: klourencodev@gmail.com
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org,
Kevin Lourenco <klourencodev@gmail.com>,
Kevin Lourenco <k.lourenco@criteo.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/fadvise: validate offset in generic_fadvise
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:18:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251222141817.13335-1-klourencodev@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Kevin Lourenco <klourencodev@gmail.com>
When converted to (u64) for page calculations, a negative offset
can produce extremely large page indices. This may lead to issues in certain advice modes (excessive readahead or
cache invalidation)
offsets are normally non-negative, but the API does not guarantee this. Since 'len' is already
validated, checking 'offset' here is reasonable to prevent potential system instability.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Lourenco <k.lourenco@criteo.com>
---
mm/fadvise.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 67028e30aa91..b63fe21416ff 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
return -ESPIPE;
mapping = file->f_mapping;
- if (!mapping || len < 0)
+ if (!mapping || len < 0 || offset < 0)
return -EINVAL;
bdi = inode_to_bdi(mapping->host);
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-22 14:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-22 14:18 klourencodev [this message]
2025-12-22 17:52 ` [PATCH] mm/fadvise: validate offset in generic_fadvise Andrew Morton
2025-12-22 23:38 ` Kevin Lourenco
2025-12-23 9:45 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2025-12-23 16:16 ` Kevin Lourenco
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