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* [PATCH] libceph: fix overflow check in crush_decode()
@ 2012-02-16 16:55 Xi Wang
  2012-02-16 17:55 ` Sage Weil
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Xi Wang @ 2012-02-16 16:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sage Weil; +Cc: ceph-devel, linux-kernel, Xi Wang

The existing overflow check (n > ULONG_MAX / b) didn't work, because
n = ULONG_MAX / b would both bypass the check and still overflow the
allocation size a + n * b.

The correct check should be (n > (ULONG_MAX - a) / b).

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
---
 net/ceph/osdmap.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ceph/osdmap.c b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
index fd863fe..29ad46e 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osdmap.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
 		ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, yes, bad);
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		if (yes > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct crush_rule_step))
+		if (yes > (ULONG_MAX - sizeof(*r))
+			  / sizeof(struct crush_rule_step))
 			goto bad;
 #endif
 		r = c->rules[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(*r) +
-- 
1.7.5.4


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* Re: [PATCH] libceph: fix overflow check in crush_decode()
  2012-02-16 16:55 [PATCH] libceph: fix overflow check in crush_decode() Xi Wang
@ 2012-02-16 17:55 ` Sage Weil
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sage Weil @ 2012-02-16 17:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xi Wang; +Cc: ceph-devel, linux-kernel

Applied these both, thanks!

sage

On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Xi Wang wrote:

> The existing overflow check (n > ULONG_MAX / b) didn't work, because
> n = ULONG_MAX / b would both bypass the check and still overflow the
> allocation size a + n * b.
> 
> The correct check should be (n > (ULONG_MAX - a) / b).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/ceph/osdmap.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ceph/osdmap.c b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
> index fd863fe..29ad46e 100644
> --- a/net/ceph/osdmap.c
> +++ b/net/ceph/osdmap.c
> @@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end)
>  		ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, yes, bad);
>  #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
>  		err = -EINVAL;
> -		if (yes > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct crush_rule_step))
> +		if (yes > (ULONG_MAX - sizeof(*r))
> +			  / sizeof(struct crush_rule_step))
>  			goto bad;
>  #endif
>  		r = c->rules[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(*r) +
> -- 
> 1.7.5.4
> 
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