[PATCH] sysctl: Make sure proc handlers can't expose heap memory

[Kees Cook]

Just as a precaution, make sure that proc handlers don't accidentally
grow "count" beyond the allocated kbuf size.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
---
This applies to hch's sysctl cleanup tree...
---
 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 15030784566c..535ab26473af 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_call_handler(struct file *filp, 
void __user *ubuf,
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
        struct ctl_table_header *head = grab_header(inode);
        struct ctl_table *table = PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_entry;
+       size_t count_max = count;
        void *kbuf;
        ssize_t error;
 
@@ -590,6 +591,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_call_handler(struct file *filp, 
void __user *ubuf,
 
        if (!write) {
                error = -EFAULT;
+               if (WARN_ON(count > count_max))
+                       count = count_max;
                if (copy_to_user(ubuf, kbuf, count))
                        goto out_free_buf;
        }
-- 
2.20.1


-- 
Kees Cook