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From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	 linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Jianlin Shi <shijianlin11@foxmail.com>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org,  vbabka@kernel.org,
	hannes@cmpxchg.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com,
	 jackmanb@google.com, ziy@nvidia.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	 Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] sysctl: Split data conversion and file position handling
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:18:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813-lklm-partial_ctlvec-v1-1-df9e51c13704@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813-lklm-partial_ctlvec-v1-0-df9e51c13704@kernel.org>

Apply the conversions to the data in a new helper function
(apply_conv_on_vec) while file position handling and argument validation
stay in the original function. Rename function to prov_vec (from
do_proc_vec). This is a prep commit to isolate the logic that needs to
change to prevent partial sysctl vector writes. No functional change
intended

Signed-off-by: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/sysctl.c | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 117 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index f7b75985d5420a522a316d1fade40dc7fbe60455..ed0e5101949c2fa56e33d543c65175d0ab579fc7 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static int do_proc_int_conv_minmax(bool *negp, unsigned long *u_ptr, int *k_ptr,
 static const char proc_wspace_sep[] = { ' ', '\t', '\n' };
 
 /*
- * Element type processed by do_proc_vec(). The tag selects the element size
+ * Element type processed by proc_vec(). The tag selects the element size
  * and signedness, and it selects which member of union proc_vec_conv is live.
  */
 enum proc_vec_type {
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ enum proc_vec_type {
 };
 
 /*
- * Converter passed to do_proc_vec(). Only the member matching the
+ * Converter passed to proc_vec(). Only the member matching the
  * enum proc_vec_type tag is ever read, so every dispatch stays fully typed and
  * no void * converter pointer is needed.
  */
@@ -637,101 +637,133 @@ static int proc_vec_conv(enum proc_vec_type type, union proc_vec_conv conv,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Read/write a vector of @type elements. The element size and signedness are
- * derived from @type, so a single runtime function replaces the per-type
- * variants. table->data is walked as raw bytes (@i) advanced by @size; the
- * converter performs the actual typed load/store.
+/**
+ * apply_conv_on_vec - Apply converter function on data vector
+ *
+ * Element signedness is derived from @data_type. table->data is walked
+ * as raw bytes (@data) advanced by @data_size; the converter performs
+ * the actual typed load/store. Sets buf_left_final to the number of
+ * bytes that where left outstanding after conversion. Can be > 0.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success. Non-zero on error.
  */
-static int do_proc_vec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
-		       void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos,
-		       enum proc_vec_type type, union proc_vec_conv conv)
+static int apply_conv_on_vec(const union proc_vec_conv conv,
+			     const struct ctl_table *table,
+			     const enum proc_vec_type data_type,
+			     const size_t data_size, const int conv_dir,
+			     const size_t buf_nbyte, void *buf,
+			     size_t *buf_left_final)
 {
-	int vleft, first = 1, err = 0;
-	size_t left, size;
-	bool is_unsigned;
-	char *i, *p;
+	int vec_left, first = 1, err = 0;
+	size_t buf_left;
+	char *data, *p;
+	bool is_unsigned = data_type == PROC_VEC_UINT || data_type == PROC_VEC_ULONG;
 
-	switch (type) {
-	case PROC_VEC_INT:
-		size = sizeof(int);
-		is_unsigned = false;
-		break;
-	case PROC_VEC_UINT:
-		size = sizeof(uint);
-		is_unsigned = true;
-		break;
-	case PROC_VEC_ULONG:
-		size = sizeof(ulong);
-		is_unsigned = true;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (!table->data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp ||
-	    (*ppos && SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir))) {
-		*lenp = 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	i = table->data;
-	vleft = table->maxlen / size;
-	left = *lenp;
-
-	/* uint arrays are not supported, *Do not* add support for them. */
-	if (type == PROC_VEC_UINT && vleft != 1)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir)) {
-		if (proc_first_pos_non_zero_ignore(ppos, table))
-			goto out;
+	data = table->data;
+	vec_left = table->maxlen / data_size;
+	buf_left = buf_nbyte;
 
-		if (left > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
-			left = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
-		p = buffer;
+	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(conv_dir)) {
+		if (buf_left > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
+			buf_left = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+		p = buf;
 	}
 
-	for (; left && vleft--; i += size, first = 0) {
+	for (; buf_left && vec_left--; data += data_size, first = 0) {
 		unsigned long lval;
 		bool neg = false;
 
-		if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir)) {
-			proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
+		if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(conv_dir)) {
+			proc_skip_spaces(&p, &buf_left);
 
-			if (!left)
+			if (!buf_left)
 				break;
-			err = proc_get_long(&p, &left, &lval, &neg,
+			err = proc_get_long(&p, &buf_left, &lval, &neg,
 					    proc_wspace_sep,
 					    sizeof(proc_wspace_sep), NULL);
 			if (!err && neg && is_unsigned)
 				err = -EINVAL;
 			if (err)
 				break;
-			if (proc_vec_conv(type, conv, &neg, &lval, i, dir, table)) {
+			if (proc_vec_conv(data_type, conv, &neg, &lval, data, conv_dir, table)) {
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (proc_vec_conv(type, conv, &neg, &lval, i, dir, table)) {
+			if (proc_vec_conv(data_type, conv, &neg, &lval, data, conv_dir, table)) {
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}
 			if (!first)
-				proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\t');
-			proc_put_long(&buffer, &left, lval, neg);
+				proc_put_char(&buf, &buf_left, '\t');
+			proc_put_long(&buf, &buf_left, lval, neg);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir) && !first && left && !err)
-		proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\n');
-	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) && !err && left)
-		proc_skip_spaces(&p, &left);
-	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir) && first)
+	if (SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(conv_dir) && !first && buf_left && !err)
+		proc_put_char(&buf, &buf_left, '\n');
+	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(conv_dir) && !err && buf_left)
+		proc_skip_spaces(&p, &buf_left);
+	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(conv_dir) && first)
 		return err ? : -EINVAL;
-	*lenp -= left;
+	*buf_left_final = buf_left;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Read/write a vector of @type elements. */
+static int proc_vec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
+		    size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos, enum proc_vec_type type,
+		    union proc_vec_conv conv)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	size_t data_size, left_nbyte = SIZE_MAX;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case PROC_VEC_INT:
+		data_size = sizeof(int);
+		break;
+	case PROC_VEC_UINT:
+		data_size = sizeof(uint);
+		break;
+	case PROC_VEC_ULONG:
+		data_size = sizeof(ulong);
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!table->data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp ||
+	    (*ppos && SYSCTL_KERN_TO_USER(dir))) {
+		*lenp = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* uint arrays are not supported, *Do not* add support for them. */
+	if (type == PROC_VEC_UINT && (table->maxlen / data_size) != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir)) {
+		if (proc_first_pos_non_zero_ignore(ppos, table))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = apply_conv_on_vec(conv, table, type, data_size, dir, *lenp, buffer,
+				&left_nbyte);
+
+	/*
+	 * An unchanged left_nbyte signals a write with no parsed element; which
+	 * is an error. Using SIZE_MAX to detect this error is possible because:
+	 * 1. lenp is bounded by KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE in proc_sys_call_handler
+	 * 2. lenp could never be SIZE_MAX as it is a "ridiculous" (exabyte) allocation.
+	 */
+	if (left_nbyte == SIZE_MAX)
+		return err;
+
+	*lenp -= left_nbyte;
 out:
 	*ppos += *lenp;
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -760,8 +792,8 @@ int proc_douintvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 	if (!conv)
 		conv = do_proc_uint_conv;
 
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = conv });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -820,8 +852,8 @@ int proc_dobool(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 int proc_dointvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 		  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = do_proc_int_conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = do_proc_int_conv });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -840,8 +872,8 @@ int proc_dointvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 int proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 		size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -864,8 +896,8 @@ int proc_douintvec(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 int proc_dointvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 		  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = do_proc_int_conv_minmax });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = do_proc_int_conv_minmax });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -891,8 +923,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 int proc_douintvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 			  void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv_minmax });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv_minmax });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -935,8 +967,8 @@ int proc_dou8vec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 		tmp.extra2 = (unsigned int *) &max;
 
 	val = READ_ONCE(*data);
-	res = do_proc_vec(&tmp, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
-			  (union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv_minmax });
+	res = proc_vec(&tmp, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_UINT,
+		       (union proc_vec_conv){ .uint_conv = do_proc_uint_conv_minmax });
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 	if (SYSCTL_USER_TO_KERN(dir))
@@ -1066,8 +1098,8 @@ int proc_doulongvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
 				int (*conv)(bool *negp, ulong *u_ptr, ulong *k_ptr,
 					    int dir, const struct ctl_table *table))
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_ULONG,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .ulong_conv = conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_ULONG,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .ulong_conv = conv });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1087,10 +1119,10 @@ int proc_doulongvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
  * Returns: %0 on success.
  */
 int proc_doulongvec_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
-			   void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+		void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_ULONG,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .ulong_conv = do_proc_ulong_conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_ULONG,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .ulong_conv = do_proc_ulong_conv });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1114,8 +1146,8 @@ int proc_dointvec_conv(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
 {
 	if (!conv)
 		conv = do_proc_int_conv;
-	return do_proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
-			   (union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = conv });
+	return proc_vec(table, dir, buffer, lenp, ppos, PROC_VEC_INT,
+			(union proc_vec_conv){ .int_conv = conv });
 }
 
 /**

-- 
2.50.1




  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-13 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-13 12:18 [PATCH 0/4] sysctl: Disallow partial updates of miss-formatted sysctl vectors Joel Granados
2026-08-13 12:18 ` Joel Granados [this message]
2026-08-13 12:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] sysctl: Reject uint arrays before calling the general proc_vec Joel Granados
2026-08-13 12:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] sysctl: Disallow partial updates for erroneous sysctl vectors Joel Granados
2026-08-13 12:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] sysctl: Add 0013 to test partially updated vectors Joel Granados

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