Re: [PATCH v3] drm/i915: bounds check execbuffer relocation count

From: Chris Wilson
Date: Tue Mar 12 2013 - 05:07:57 EST


On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 05:31:45PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> It is possible to wrap the counter used to allocate the buffer for
> relocation copies. This could lead to heap writing overflows.
>
> CVE-2013-0913
>
> v3: collapse test, improve comment
> v2: move check into validate_exec_list
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Pinkie Pie
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Looks good to me. The only bikeshed that remains is whether we should
just collapse the two variables into one, but the current 'max - count'
is more idiomatic and so preferrable.
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
-Chris

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