Re: [PATCH] vmcore: prevent PT_NOTE p_memsz overflow during header update

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:06:06 -0700 Greg Pearson <greg.pearson@hp.com> wrote:

> Currently, update_note_header_size_elf64() and
> update_note_header_size_elf32() will add the size
> of a PT_NOTE entry to real_sz even if that causes real_sz
> to exceeds max_sz. This patch corrects the while loop logic
> in those routines to ensure that does not happen.
> 
> ...
>
> Occasionally, a second entry is encountered with very
> large n_namesz and n_descsz sizes:
> 
>   n_namesz = 0x80000008
>   n_descsz = 0x510ae163
>   n_type   = 0x80000008

Hang on.

> --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
> @@ -468,12 +468,13 @@ static int __init update_note_header_size_elf64(const Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr_ptr)
>  			return rc;
>  		}
>  		nhdr_ptr = notes_section;
> -		while (real_sz < max_sz) {
> -			if (nhdr_ptr->n_namesz == 0)
> -				break;
> +		while (nhdr_ptr->n_namesz != 0) {
>  			sz = sizeof(Elf64_Nhdr) +
>  				((nhdr_ptr->n_namesz + 3) & ~3) +
>  				((nhdr_ptr->n_descsz + 3) & ~3);
> +			/* Silently drop further PT_NOTE entries */
> +			if ((real_sz + sz) > max_sz)
> +				break;

If we are encountering notes with these crazy sizes then what is
preventing (real_sx + sz) from wrapping through zero, which would
defeat this check?