From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>,
"Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: [01/27] ext4: fix undefined behavior in ext4_fill_flex_info()
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:40:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120123234201.776571387@clark.kroah.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120123234224.GA19510@kroah.com>
2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------
From: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
commit d50f2ab6f050311dbf7b8f5501b25f0bf64a439b upstream.
Commit 503358ae01b70ce6909d19dd01287093f6b6271c ("ext4: avoid divide by
zero when trying to mount a corrupted file system") fixes CVE-2009-4307
by performing a sanity check on s_log_groups_per_flex, since it can be
set to a bogus value by an attacker.
sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex = sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex;
groups_per_flex = 1 << sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
if (groups_per_flex < 2) { ... }
This patch fixes two potential issues in the previous commit.
1) The sanity check might only work on architectures like PowerPC.
On x86, 5 bits are used for the shifting amount. That means, given a
large s_log_groups_per_flex value like 36, groups_per_flex = 1 << 36
is essentially 1 << 4 = 16, rather than 0. This will bypass the check,
leaving s_log_groups_per_flex and groups_per_flex inconsistent.
2) The sanity check relies on undefined behavior, i.e., oversized shift.
A standard-confirming C compiler could rewrite the check in unexpected
ways. Consider the following equivalent form, assuming groups_per_flex
is unsigned for simplicity.
groups_per_flex = 1 << sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
if (groups_per_flex == 0 || groups_per_flex == 1) {
We compile the code snippet using Clang 3.0 and GCC 4.6. Clang will
completely optimize away the check groups_per_flex == 0, leaving the
patched code as vulnerable as the original. GCC keeps the check, but
there is no guarantee that future versions will do the same.
Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1705,17 +1705,16 @@ static int ext4_fill_flex_info(struct su
struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
ext4_group_t flex_group_count;
ext4_group_t flex_group;
- int groups_per_flex = 0;
+ unsigned int groups_per_flex = 0;
size_t size;
int i;
sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex = sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex;
- groups_per_flex = 1 << sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
-
- if (groups_per_flex < 2) {
+ if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex < 1 || sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex > 31) {
sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex = 0;
return 1;
}
+ groups_per_flex = 1 << sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
/* We allocate both existing and potentially added groups */
flex_group_count = ((sbi->s_groups_count + groups_per_flex - 1) +
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-23 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-23 23:42 [00/27] 2.6.32.55-longterm review Greg KH
2012-01-23 23:40 ` Greg KH [this message]
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2012-01-23 23:41 ` [17/27] svcrpc: destroy server sockets all at once Greg KH
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2012-01-23 23:41 ` [19/27] USB: cdc-wdm: fix misuse of logical operation in place of bitop Greg KH
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2012-01-23 23:41 ` [23/27] kernel.h: add printk_ratelimited and pr_<level>_rl Greg KH
2012-01-24 14:46 ` Phil Carmody
2012-01-24 16:35 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-01-24 16:43 ` Greg KH
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