From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrei Vagin <avagin@google.com>,
Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ucounts: fix counter leak in inc_rlimit_get_ucounts()
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 13:21:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241101132135.80642ea36cd094fe83e3d81e@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241101191940.3211128-1-roman.gushchin@linux.dev>
On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 19:19:40 +0000 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> wrote:
> The inc_rlimit_get_ucounts() increments the specified rlimit counter and
> then checks its limit. If the value exceeds the limit, the function
> returns an error without decrementing the counter.
Please (always) provide a description of the userspace visible effects
of the flaw.
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Especially when proposing this!
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2024-11-01 19:19 [PATCH v2] ucounts: fix counter leak in inc_rlimit_get_ucounts() Roman Gushchin
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