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From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Cc: bhelgaas@google.com, prarit@redhat.com,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 14:36:27 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151006193627.GE29420@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443995369-11399-1-git-send-email-sasha.levin@oracle.com>

Hi Sasha,

On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 05:49:29PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Commit 63692df1 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs") didn't check that
> the numa node provided by userspace is valid. Passing a node number too high
> would attempt to access invalid memory and trigger a kernel panic.
> 
> Fixes: 63692df1 ("PCI: Allow numa_node override via sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> index 312f23a..e9abca8 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
> @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static ssize_t numa_node_store(struct device *dev,
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	if (!node_online(node))
> +	if (node > MAX_NUMNODES || !node_online(node))

This needs to be "node >= MAX_NUMNODES", doesn't it?  I'll fix it up if
you agree.

Looks like a candidate for stable.

>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	add_taint(TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-06 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-04 21:49 [PATCH] PCI: prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override Sasha Levin
2015-10-06 19:36 ` Bjorn Helgaas [this message]
2015-10-06 20:02   ` Prarit Bhargava
2015-10-07 14:07     ` Sasha Levin
2015-10-07 16:04       ` Bjorn Helgaas
2015-10-07 16:09     ` Bjorn Helgaas

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