From: Evgeniy Gorbanyov <esgor@altlinux.org>
To: selinux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com, Evgeniy Gorbanyov <esgor@altlinux.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] libselinux: avcstat: reject out-of-range interval values
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:57:13 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261009055713.16085-1-esgor@altlinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEjxPJ4Uh+_GsevF3xtxeKPkz=KAgwj-=+JNq3Uc7SWrLDq04Q@mail.gmail.com>
strtoul() returns unsigned long, but avcstat stored the result in a
signed int and passed it to sleep(). A value above INT_MAX becomes
negative, and sleep() then treats it as a large unsigned duration.
Compare the full strtoul() result with INT_MAX before narrowing it.
Clear errno before strtoul() so a stale ERANGE cannot reject a valid
interval.
Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Gorbanyov <esgor@altlinux.org>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
---
libselinux/utils/avcstat.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libselinux/utils/avcstat.c b/libselinux/utils/avcstat.c
index 640a7a05..c7658792 100644
--- a/libselinux/utils/avcstat.c
+++ b/libselinux/utils/avcstat.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <libgen.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -122,9 +123,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
if (optind < argc) {
char *arg = argv[optind];
- unsigned int n = strtoul(arg, NULL, 10);
+ unsigned long n;
- if (errno == ERANGE) {
+ errno = 0;
+ n = strtoul(arg, NULL, 10);
+
+ if (errno == ERANGE || n > INT_MAX) {
usage();
die("invalid interval \'%s\'", arg);
}
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-09 5:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 7:27 [PATCH] libselinux: avcstat: reject out-of-range interval values Evgeniy Gorbanyov
2026-10-08 14:58 ` Stephen Smalley
2026-10-09 5:57 ` Evgeniy Gorbanyov [this message]
2026-10-09 12:29 ` [PATCH v2] " Stephen Smalley
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