Re: [PATCH] hugetlbfs: Fix integer overflow check in hugetlbfs_file_mmap()

From: Mike Kravetz
Date: Wed Jul 19 2023 - 19:24:02 EST


On 07/13/23 18:10, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 03:57:00PM +0800, linke li wrote:
> > > However, if this is a real issue it would make more
> > > sense to look for and change all such checks rather than one single occurrence.
> >
> > Hi, Mike. I have checked the example code you provided, and the
> > difference between
> > those codes and the patched code is that those checks are checks for
> > unsigned integer
> > overflow, which is well-defined. Only undefined behavior poses a
> > security risk. So they
> > don't need any modifications. I have only found one occurrence of
> > signed number
> > overflow so far.
>
> I used to have a similar check to that but I eventually deleted it
> because I decided that the -fno-strict-overflow option works. It didn't
> produce a lot of warnings.
>
> Historically we have done a bad job at open coding integer overflow
> checks. Some that I wrote turned out to be incorrect. And even when
> I write them correctly a couple times people have "fixed" them even
> harder without CCing me or asking me why I wrote them the way I did.
>
> What about using the check_add_overflow() macro?

I like the macro. It seems to have plenty of users.

Linke Li, what do you think? If you like, please send another path
using the macro as suggested by Dan.

>
> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> index 7b17ccfa039d..c512165736e0 100644
> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> @@ -155,9 +155,8 @@ static int hugetlbfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> vma_len = (loff_t)(vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start);
> - len = vma_len + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
> - /* check for overflow */
> - if (len < vma_len)
> + if (check_add_overflow(vma_len, (loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT,
> + &len))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> inode_lock(inode);
>

--
Mike Kravetz