[tip:x86/urgent] x86/mtrr: Don't copy out-of-bounds data in mtrr_write

From: tip-bot for Jann Horn
Date: Sat Jul 07 2018 - 13:05:20 EST


Commit-ID: 15279df6f26cf2013d713904b4a0c957ae8abb96
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/15279df6f26cf2013d713904b4a0c957ae8abb96
Author: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 23:50:03 +0200
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 18:58:41 +0200

x86/mtrr: Don't copy out-of-bounds data in mtrr_write

Don't access the provided buffer out of bounds - this can cause a kernel
out-of-bounds read when invoked through sys_splice() or other things that
use kernel_write()/__kernel_write().

Fixes: 7f8ec5a4f01a ("x86/mtrr: Convert to use strncpy_from_user() helper")
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706215003.156702-1-jannh@xxxxxxxxxx

---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
index 4021d3859499..40eee6cc4124 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ mtrr_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t * ppos)

memset(line, 0, LINE_SIZE);

- length = strncpy_from_user(line, buf, LINE_SIZE - 1);
+ len = min_t(size_t, len, LINE_SIZE - 1);
+ length = strncpy_from_user(line, buf, len);
if (length < 0)
return length;