[PATCH 1/2] cgroup/misc: Fix an overflow

From: Haitao Huang
Date: Mon Jul 17 2023 - 21:09:08 EST


The variable 'new_usage' in misc_cg_try_charge() may overflow if it
becomes above INT_MAX. This was observed when I implement the new SGX
EPC cgroup[1] as a misc cgroup and test on a platform with large SGX EPC
sizes.

Change type of new_usage to long from int and check overflow.

Fixes: a72232eabdfc ("cgroup: Add misc cgroup controller")
Signed-off-by: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/20230712230202.47929-1-haitao.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
kernel/cgroup/misc.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/misc.c b/kernel/cgroup/misc.c
index fe3e8a0eb7ed..b127607837c6 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/misc.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/misc.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int misc_cg_try_charge(enum misc_res_type type, struct misc_cg *cg,
struct misc_cg *i, *j;
int ret;
struct misc_res *res;
- int new_usage;
+ long new_usage;

if (!(valid_type(type) && cg && READ_ONCE(misc_res_capacity[type])))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ int misc_cg_try_charge(enum misc_res_type type, struct misc_cg *cg,

new_usage = atomic_long_add_return(amount, &res->usage);
if (new_usage > READ_ONCE(res->max) ||
- new_usage > READ_ONCE(misc_res_capacity[type])) {
+ new_usage > READ_ONCE(misc_res_capacity[type]) ||
+ new_usage < 0) {
ret = -EBUSY;
goto err_charge;
}
--
2.25.1