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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Daniel Xu' <dxu@dxuuu.xyz>,
	"bpf@vger.kernel.org" <bpf@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"ast@kernel.org" <ast@kernel.org>,
	"daniel@iogearbox.net" <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: "kernel-team@fb.com" <kernel-team@fb.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] lib/strncpy_from_user.c: Don't overcopy bytes after NUL terminator
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cbe00e1421db4566a076102506b6d670@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <487a07aa911b4e822a0b931f7b33a4f67fedb6bd.1604542786.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz>

From: Daniel Xu
> Sent: 05 November 2020 02:26
...
> --- a/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
> +++ b/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
> @@ -35,17 +35,22 @@ static inline long do_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
>  		goto byte_at_a_time;
> 
>  	while (max >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
> -		unsigned long c, data;
> +		unsigned long c, data, mask, *out;
> 
>  		/* Fall back to byte-at-a-time if we get a page fault */
>  		unsafe_get_user(c, (unsigned long __user *)(src+res), byte_at_a_time);

It's not related to this change, but since both addresses
are aligned (checked earlier) a page fault on the word read
is fatal.

	David

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-05  9:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-05  2:25 [PATCH bpf v2 0/2] Fix bpf_probe_read_user_str() overcopying Daniel Xu
2020-11-05  2:25 ` [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] lib/strncpy_from_user.c: Don't overcopy bytes after NUL terminator Daniel Xu
2020-11-05  9:00   ` David Laight [this message]
2020-11-05 18:16   ` Song Liu
2020-11-05 18:18     ` Song Liu
2020-11-05 19:28     ` Daniel Xu
2020-11-15 10:41   ` [lib/strncpy_from_user.c] 2903f3d558: Kernel_panic-not_syncing:Attempted_to_kill_init!exitcode= kernel test robot
2020-11-05  2:25 ` [PATCH bpf v2 2/2] selftest/bpf: Test bpf_probe_read_user_str() strips trailing bytes after NUL Daniel Xu
2020-11-05 18:30   ` Song Liu
2020-11-05 19:27     ` Daniel Xu
2020-11-05 21:32   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2020-11-05 23:22     ` Daniel Xu
2020-11-05 23:31       ` Song Liu
2020-11-05 23:55         ` Daniel Xu

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