Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/sysctl: fix potential page fault while unregistering sysctl table

[Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Danilo Krummrich
<danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de> wrote:
> proc_sys_link_fill_cache() does not take currently unregistering
> sysctl tables into account, which might result into a page fault in
> sysctl_follow_link() - add a check to fix it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@dk-develop.de>
> ---
>  fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> index c5cbbdff3c3d..a0b6c647835e 100644
> --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> @@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
>         bool ret = true;

Nothing appears to actually change "ret" in this function. It should
likely be dropped too.

>         head = sysctl_head_grab(head);
>
> +       if (IS_ERR(head))
> +               return false;
> +

This looks sensible. I'd drop the blank line between sysctl_head_grab
and the IS_ERR, though.

How are you testing this change?

Thanks!

-Kees

>         if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
>                 /* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */
>                 int err = sysctl_follow_link(&head, &table);
> --
> 2.14.1
>



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Kees Cook
Pixel Security