From: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
To: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>,
Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>,
Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>,
Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>,
Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
Ramesh Errabolu <ramesh@linux.ibm.com>,
Julian Ruess <julianr@linux.ibm.com>,
Tobias Schumacher <ts@linux.ibm.com>,
Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>,
Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] s390/pci: Fix leak of uninitialized kernel data in SCLP report
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:00:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ttk8qc8@ub.hpns> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806-fix_pci_sclp_length_check-v2-1-9ee9428e659f@linux.ibm.com>
On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 11:43:39AM +0200, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
> While report_error_write() checks that the provided buffer is at least
> as large as the header struct, but not that it is large enough to
> contain the report with the length claimed by report->length. If
> user-space provides a short buffer, meaning a larger report->length than
> the actually written payload, up to around 4K of kernel data from past
> the kmalloc(len + 1) sized buffer allocated in kernfs_fop_write_iter()
> will leak into the SCLP report.
>
> However, as the entity processing the SCLP is privileged and able to
> access at least the page including the report, this does not leak data
> that entity could not access but it is still an out of bounds read and
> a malformed error report that should be rejected.
>
> Fixes: 368704a65be8 ("s390/pci: add report_error attribute")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Changed subsystem prefix to s390/pci
> - Added Fixes tag and Cc stable
> - Improved commit message
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260805-fix_pci_sclp_length_check-v1-1-d125cb415bc3@linux.ibm.com
> ---
> arch/s390/pci/pci_sysfs.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
Applied, thank you!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-23 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 9:43 [PATCH v2] s390/pci: Fix leak of uninitialized kernel data in SCLP report Niklas Schnelle
2026-08-21 12:32 ` Benjamin Block
2026-08-23 21:00 ` Vasily Gorbik [this message]
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