From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>,
Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7.2.y] dm-pcache: bound the logical key offset from persistent memory
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:23:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026091113-recent-cloak-163c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910001829.3751733-1-sashal@kernel.org>
On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 08:18:29PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
>
> [ Upstream commit 97fc4b53dbe4a983fdf093243067fa6a64562307 ]
>
> cache_key_decode() takes a key's logical off from the cache device and
> later indexes req_key_tree->subtrees[] by it in get_subtree(). An off
> past the device forms a subtree pointer outside the array, which
> rb_insert() writes through during replay.
>
> Reject a key of zero length, or whose off+len (computed in 64 bits)
> exceeds the device size, before it is used.
>
> Fixes: 1d57628ff95b ("dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
> [ adjusted context to account for the missing cache_seg_id_valid() check. ]
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
> index 51dd1ccf4e2fd..c98005d16fd6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
> @@ -90,10 +90,19 @@ int cache_key_decode(struct pcache_cache *cache,
> struct pcache_cache_key *key)
> {
> struct dm_pcache *pcache = CACHE_TO_PCACHE(cache);
> + u64 dev_bytes = (u64)cache->dev_size << SECTOR_SHIFT;
>
> key->off = key_onmedia->off;
> key->len = key_onmedia->len;
>
> + if (key_onmedia->len == 0 ||
> + key_onmedia->len > dev_bytes ||
> + key_onmedia->off > dev_bytes - key_onmedia->len) {
> + pcache_dev_err(pcache, "key off %llu + len %u exceeds device size\n",
> + key_onmedia->off, key_onmedia->len);
> + return -EIO;
> + }
> +
> key->cache_pos.cache_seg = &cache->segments[key_onmedia->cache_seg_id];
> key->cache_pos.seg_off = key_onmedia->cache_seg_off;
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>
>
Does not apply :(
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 12:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 4:34 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dm-pcache: bound the logical key offset from persistent" failed to apply to 7.2-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-10 0:18 ` [PATCH 7.2.y] dm-pcache: bound the logical key offset from persistent memory Sasha Levin
2026-09-11 12:23 ` Greg KH [this message]
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